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3 stories for “cosmology”

Related source image: Cosmological diagram from Robert Grosseteste’s De Sphaera (13th century)

Bubble Universes: A Beginner's Guide to Eternal Inflation

In eternal inflation theory, runaway cosmic expansion stops only in localized patches, giving birth to isolated 'pocket universes' like our own. Explore how this speculative framework reshapes modern cosmology, why these neighboring realms remain unobservable, and why even an infinite future still required a physical beginning.

A conceptual galaxy and diffuse halo illustrate the distinction between visible stars and inferred gravitational mass.

Dark matter: what scientists know

Dark matter is supported by gravitational evidence, but no particular candidate has been confirmed. Explore what observations reveal, how experiments search, and where uncertainty remains.