This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics recognises three researchers who expanded humanity’s horizons on the grandest of scales, contributing to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and our place within it.
Gravitational waves reveal an astounding number of black hole mergers – and help scientists to solve astronomical mysteries.Gravitational waves reveal an astounding number of black hole mergers – and help scientists to solve astronomical mysteries.
Radio astronomer Robert Wilson recalls a pair of pigeons who almost thwarted the discovery of cosmic background radiation.Radio astronomer Robert Wilson recalls a pair of pigeons who almost thwarted the discovery of cosmic background radiation.
The Japanese Takaaki Kajita and the Canadian Arthur B. McDonald share the Nobel Prize for the discovery of neutrino oscillation.The Japanese Takaaki Kajita and the Canadian Arthur B. McDonald share the Nobel Prize for the discovery of neutrino oscillation.
Der Japaner Takaaki Kajita und der Kanadier Arthur B. McDonald teilen sich den Nobelpreis für die Entdeckung der Neutrinooszillation.Der Japaner Takaaki Kajita und der Kanadier Arthur B. McDonald teilen sich den Nobelpreis für die Entdeckung der Neutrinooszillation.
Researchers thought they had found traces of gravitational waves from the earliest moments of the Universe. But they probably saw only dust.Researchers thought they had found traces of gravitational waves from the earliest moments of the Universe. But they probably saw only dust.
George Smoot from MIT to “The Big Bang Theory”
New research data is shining an ever brighter light on the Big Bang – but dark matter remains elusive.
Working out what happened in the moments after the Big Bang is difficult. Scientists can come up with theories, but in the end they are useful only if they can be tested. Nobel prizewinner Robert Laughlin is passionate about experiments. He challenges the students
Wie überall beim Lindauer Treffen ging es auch bei meinem Interview mit George Smoot nicht nur um die fachlichen Aspekte (siehe Teil I). Smoots Beschreibung des Beginns seiner wissenschaftlichen Karriere dürfte einigen Young Researchers bekannt vorkommen. Überspitzt gesagt der erste Tag an der Uni, und so viel interessante Wissenschaft, so wenig Zeit: "Es gab so […]
Unser Interview findet in einer sehr inhomogenen Umgebung statt: Am Bodenseeufer vor der Inselhalle atmen wir Luft (Dichte rund 0,001 Gramm pro Kubikzentimeter), lassen unsere Blicke über das Wasser (Dichte rund 1 Gramm pro Kubikzentimeter) und das gegenüberliegende Festland schweifen (irgendwo zwischen 1 und 3 g/cm³). Gerade richtig für mein Interview mit George Smoot (Dichte […]
John Mather is humble when describing his measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation despite the fact that Steven Hawking described this measurement as possibly the most important discovery humans have ever made. The cosmic microwave background radiation is the remnant glow of the Big Bang; it is the primary evidence. Mather is careful to […]
