Dark star crashes: the computer simulation of two merging neutron stars (left) blended with an image of heavy-ion collisions at CERN to highlight the connection of astrophysics with nuclear physics.

I met Tim Eastman virtually, through a mutual friend, at the time I began my book project. Eastman is a PhD plasma physicist, a consultant, and a Wyle Deputy Group Manager for science support at the ...

[The] Big Bang hypothesis … is an irrational process that cannot be described in scientific terms … [nor] challenged by an appeal to observation. ~ Fred Hoyle (1949) We are at the cusp of becoming a ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The shock waves are still reverberating from ...