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Four different sets of observations (positions of blue-shifted light relative to matter-dense regions) independently confirm that dark energy plays … more

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Astronomers found that the density of the circumstellar medium determines whether or not a white dwarf star will accrete enough matter from a red … more

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In combining the WMAP cosmic background radiation results with the distribution of galaxies seen in the Two-Degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey, … more

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Astronomers have determined that the remnants of isolated population III stars (the first stars to form) can be detected. Though long ago burnt out, … more

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WMAP results showing that the first stars formed early and were very massive are strongly inconsistent with the warm dark matter cosmic model. … more

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An astronomer discovers a new cosmic design feature: if the supersonic turbulence in the infant universe is too great or too small, the first stars … more

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Astronomers discover a supernova light curve characteristic that permits distances to be measured with greater precision. This will yield more … more

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Several teams of astronomers independently establish that hypernovae (superenergetic supernovae) are responsible for gamma ray bursts. A hypernova … more

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Initial maps of the cosmic background radiation produced by a new antenna array provide tight constraints on the cosmic density parameters that are … more

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An article in Nature provides the solution to a problem concerning globular cluster origins. The problem is that bright young stars that would form … more

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Using the recently installed Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have discovered two more distant type Ia … more

Atheist astrophysicist Geoffrey Burbidge once worried aloud that his peers might rush off to join "the First Church of Christ of the Big Bang."1 The rush of which he spoke was precipitated by a deluge … more

General relativity and the biblical creation model received yet another boost on January 8, 2003, at the 201st meeting of the American Astronomical Society. The boost came from an announcement of the … more

Preliminary results from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) have stirred great excitement among physicists.1 Radiometers on board the satellite are sending NASA researchers by far the … more

In 1989 John Maddox, the physics editor for the prestigious journal, Nature, wrote an editorial entitled, “Down With the Big Bang,” in which he (a self-declared atheist) … more

The energy released during a gamma ray burst strains the imagination. With the power of 10 billion billion suns, gamma ray bursts are the most brilliant photon emitters in the universe. By comparison, … more

The big bang has scored well on every test devised and applied by researchers over several decades,1 and it has just sailed through another one with flying colors.

Why is this fact relevant to the … more

“Disturbing Implications of a Cosmological Constant,” announced the title of a recent paper on the Los Alamos National Laboratory Web site.1 So “disturbing” were the … more