3+ hour, 25+ min ago  (539+ words) The Rubin Observatory is the current queen of data generation, but exoplanet hunting missions like Kepler and TESS generate their own data that needs analysis. Scientists are still processing it, and as time goes on, they're making more and better…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (568+ words) This is Part 2 of a series on large extra dimensions. Read Part 1. Oh yes they can, which is why I'm devoting an entire series just to this topic. The problem that large extra dimensions just might solve is called the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (723+ words) This is Part 1 of a series on large extra dimensions. I always say that one of the things that separates real science from pseudoscience is that while in both you're allowed to say whatever crazy idea pops into your mind,…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (641+ words) AI faces daily criticism from people worried about its ill-effects. But the type of AI that draws this ire are Large Language Models (LLMs). There are other types of AI with specialized functions that don't make it onto the front…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (370+ words) This is Part 4 in a series on the mathematical universe hypothesis. Check out Parts 1, 2, and 3. I dunno, that seems to me like baggage of a different kind. I sure hope not. There are plenty of other objections to the mathematical…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (647+ words) This is Part 3 in a series on the mathematical universe hypothesis. Check out Parts 1 and 2. So which is responsible for which? Do our minds create math? Does matter create mind? How does it all work? The mathematical universe concept breaks…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (429+ words) This is Part 2 in a series on the mathematical universe hypothesis. Check out Part 1. We did natural philosophy for thousands of years. And we made progress, for sure. But once we started using math, it seems like there are new…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (589+ words) This is Part 1 in a series on the mathematical universe hypothesis. Imagine you walk into a parking lot full of cars. You have in your pocket one single key. It's the key to your car. The same key you've always…...

5+ mon, 19+ hour ago  (464+ words) [A new study has mapped the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-18b, seen here in comparison to the size of Jupiter (Credit : Aldaron)]For the first time, astronomers have mapped the three-dimensional atmosphere of a planet orbiting a distant star, revealing temperature…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (727+ words) [Simulation of gas falling into a galaxy. Credit: RIKEN]Some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world are designed to simulate complex astrophysical processes, like what's happening inside a giant star as it's going supernova. But researchers have developed…...