#cosmology

Think you know science? Try our quiz set by Nobel laureates

Test your knowledge of Nobel-prizewinning discoveries in microbiology, genomics and cosmology with questions set by the laureates themselves: Barry Marshall, Jennifer Doudna and Saul Perlmutter

New Scientist · EN

The Universe Shouldn’t Look Like This

Everything in the universe, galaxies included, started out as tiny quantum fluctuations. So why isn’t a galaxy in two places at once? Physicists have long said decoherence takes care of this. Now several new papers say it doesn’t. Let’s take a look.

Sabine Hossenfelder · EN

14-Year-Old Wins Prize for New Theory of Dark Energy

A 14-year-old from Canada just won a prize for a new theory of dark energy. I had a look at what he submitted, and it ticks all the boxes of a typical journal paper. That’s more remarkable than it sounds. Let’s take a look.

Sabine Hossenfelder · EN