Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!5 big lessons from JWST’s new record-setting galaxyA new all-time record! JWST’s discovery of JADES-GS-z14–0 pushes the earliest galaxy ever seen to just 290 million years after the Big…8h ago8h ago
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Ask Ethan: Why didn’t the Big Bang become a black hole?If you bring too much mass or energy together in one location, you’ll inevitably create a black hole. So why didn’t the Big Bang become…3d ago23d ago2
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Is the “Methuselah star” really older than the Universe?The Universe is precisely dated at 13.8 billion years old, but astronomers claim the Methuselah star is 14.5 billion years old. What gives?4d ago64d ago6
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!8 basic unanswered questions about the known particlesIt’s 2024, and we still only know of the fundamental particles of the Standard Model: nothing more. But these 8 unanswered questions…5d ago65d ago6
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!The Higgs boson’s most captivating puzzle still remainsPredicted way back in the 1960s, the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 completed the Standard Model. Here’s why it remains fascinating.6d ago56d ago5
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Ask Ethan: Will the Universe ever reach equilibrium?The expanding Universe, in many ways, is the ultimate out-of-equilibrium system. After enough time passes, will we eventually get there?May 317May 317
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.May 3017May 3017
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.May 2911May 2911
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.May 284May 284
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.May 277May 277