Category Archives: Astrophysics

Speckled eggs and the early universe

Posted on 26/03/2013 by Jon Butterworth

‘The deviations were there way before that… That’s what makes this so cool.’ Ed Copeland explains Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation and the Planck results Still wondering exactly why Planck’s speckled-egg pictures are so wonderful? Here’s a typically relaxed and clear explanation by Ed … Continue reading →

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Has this blog changed your life?

Posted on 23/02/2013 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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The Story of Stuff

Posted on 10/11/2012 by Jon Butterworth

An episode of the Sky at Night, which if I remember rightly featured me and Chris Lintott burying a bottle in some gravel on a rather cold beach.

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The matter that’s not not not there

Posted on 25/05/2012 by Jon Butterworth

Our local dark matter stages a comeback Astronomers study the motion of stars in galaxies, as they twist and rotate under each other’s gravitational attraction. The motion throws up a long-standing puzzle in astrophysics: The way the stars move indicates … Continue reading →

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