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Image credit: EmDee, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Are We at Another Lemaître Moment? Cosmological Evidence Suggests So

The universe is not large in spite of us — it is large, in part, because of what it takes to produce us. Read More ›
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Photo: Nebula PMR 1, via NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI).

Are the Heavens Immutable? An Ancient Scientific Question

Modern theories postulate entities to account for differences between what we would expect from physics and our observations of distant space. Read More ›
Ghost Nebula
Ghost Nebula
Photo: Ghost Nebula, by NASA, ESA, and STScI/Acknowledgment: H. Arab (University of Strasbourg).

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Challenges the Evidence for Cosmological Fine-Tuning

Hossenfelder’s strongest argument is that many fine-tuning parameters cannot in fact be quantified. Read More ›
Klondike Gold Rush
Photo: A scene from the Klondike Gold Rush, by Hegg, E.A (1867-1948) / Public domain.

Does Gold Have a Purpose? Science Hints at Answers

A gold rush makes sense. But a copper rush? Not so much. And yet, perhaps there is more to gold than aesthetics. Read More ›
New view of the Pillars of Creation — infrared
Photo: Pillars of Creation, Eagle Nebula, by NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team.

Are Cosmic and Planetary Fine-Tuning Constant?

The stability of atoms, stars, and people depends on finely tuned physical laws and constants in the local universe. But are they fixed throughout space and time? Read More ›

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