universes

In the December 1980 issue of Popular Science, a 38-year-old theoretical physicist answers the ultimate question about the universe.

The morality of intelligence in laboratory-made worlds.

Short answer: 142,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Kelvin, give or take a few zeros.

Astronomers announced yesterday that they've spotted a child of the very first stars.

Yes, the universe itself will eventually outpace the speed of light. Just how this will happen is a bit complicated, … Continued

But you'd never know, because everyone is getting more massive at the same time.

And you thought 97 degrees F was bad.

The universe is neither a computer nor a brain, but there are surprisingly similar laws to rule them all.

Star formation is now 30 times lower than at its peak 11 billion years ago.

First, it’s important to know that the big bang wasn’t an explosion of matter into empty space—it was the rapid … Continued