Cosmologists are facing an unexpected puzzle. The latest observations do not perfectly match the mathematical model used for decades to describe the evolution of the Universe. This model, ...
In three spatial dimensions, it is a close relative of the quark-gluon plasma, the super-hot state of matter that hasn’t existed since the tiniest fraction of a second after the big bang that started ...
Our best models of the cosmos don't add up — but that could change if the universe is actually made of a viscous 'fluid,' a ...
After studying physics and music composition at Brown, Eric B. Sirota went to Harvard where he received his PhD in Physics in 1986, studying with Prof. Peter Pershan. He then joined Exxon(Mobil)’s ...