Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Is fundamental science a victim of its own success?Some think the reason fundamental scientific revolutions are so rare is because of groupthink. It’s not; it’s hard to mess with success.·13 min read·1 hour ago----
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Why physicists now question the fate of the UniverseFor nearly 25 years, we thought we knew how the Universe would end. Now, new measurements point to a profoundly different conclusion.·12 min read·1 day ago--5--5
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Why reimagining the particle accelerator is so challengingCERN’s Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful particle accelerator ever. To go even further, we’ll have to overcome something big.·11 min read·2 days ago--2--2
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!The ultimate fate of every star that’s ever livedIn ~7 billion years, our Sun will run out of fuel and die. So will every star, eventually. Here are the different fates they’ll encounter.·3 min read·3 days ago--7--7
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Ask Ethan: Are we expanding along with the Universe?The mutual distance between well-separated galaxies increases with time as the Universe expands. What else expands, and what doesn’t?·11 min read·6 days ago--14--14
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!4 pervasive myths that cause us to abandon scienceIt’s not a gambit. It’s not fraud. It’s not driven by opinion, prejudice or bias. It’s not unchallengeable. And it’s more than facts alone.·12 min read·May 23, 2024--17--17
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!New LHC results refute Fermilab’s “hole” in the Standard ModelWith new W-boson, top quark, and Higgs boson measurements, the LHC contradicts earlier Fermilab results. The Standard Model still holds.·11 min read·May 22, 2024--2--2
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!The unexpected connection between the northern lights and Hubble’s deathThe most iconic, longest-lived space telescope of all, NASA’s Hubble, is experiencing orbital decay as the solar cycle peaks. Here’s why.·11 min read·May 21, 2024--4--4
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Astronomers discover how energy escapes the galactic centerThe galactic center is home to the most powerful engine in the Milky Way: a supermassive black hole. How does its energy ultimately escape?·3 min read·May 20, 2024--1--1
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Starts With A Bang Podcast #105 — Dark Matter and GalaxiesWe normally think of dark matter as the “glue” that holds galaxies and larger structures together. But it’s so much more than that.·2 min read·May 18, 2024--1--1