The Final Theory

Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy (Second Edition)

by Mark McCutcheon

Our search for ultimate understanding -- the Theory of Everything -- has long been the quest of such great scientists as Aristotle, Newton, Einstein, Hawking and many others, and is ...

Curvature Cosmology

A Model for a Static, Stable Universe

by David F. Crawford

Curvature Cosmology proposes a new cosmological model very different from, and more elegant than, the Big-Bang Theory. Curvature Cosmology is based on two major hypotheses that Hubble ...

The Many Facets of Cosmic Explosions

by Alicia Margarita Soderberg

Over the past few years, long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), including the subclass of X-ray flashes (XRFs), have been revealed to be a rare variety of Type Ibc supernova (SN Ibc). While all ...

Lyman Alpha Emitting Galaxies at High ...

Direct Detection of Young Galaxies in a Young Universe

by Steven Arthur Dawson

As late as 1995, the anticipated widespread population of primeval galaxies remained at large, lurking undetected at unknown redshifts, with undiscovered properties. We present results from our ...

Toward an Understanding of the Progenitors ...

by Joshua S. Bloom

The various possibilities for the origin ("progenitors") of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) manifest in differing observable properties. Through deep spectroscopic and high-resolution imaging observations ...

Cosmic Explosions

The Beasts and Their Lair

by Edo Berger, Ph.D.

The diversity of stellar death is revealed in the energy, velocity and geometry of the explosion debris ("ejecta''). Using multi-wavelength observations of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows I show ...

A Multi-Wavelength Census of Star Formation ...

by Naveen A. Reddy

We examine the census of star-forming galaxies and their extinction properties at redshift z~2, when a large fraction of the stellar mass in the universe formed. We find a good agreement between ...

The Diversity of Neutron Stars

Nearby Thermally Emitting Neutron Stars and the Compact ...

by David L. Kaplan

Neutron stars are invaluable tools for exploring stellar death, the physics of ultra-dense matter, and the effects of extremely strong magnetic fields. The observed population of neutron stars is ...