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Why is the Earth Round and the Milky Way Flat? | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

Earth’s near-spherical shape and the Milky Way’s flat disk aren’t random outcomes—they follow from which physical “counterforce” wins against gravity...

Equilibrium and SymmetryHydrostatic EquilibriumPlanetary Shape

How Black Holes Kill Galaxies

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

Supermassive black holes appear to be the main mechanism that shuts down star formation in the biggest galaxies—turning them “red and dead”—and the...

Black HolesGalaxy FormationQuenching

Do We Need a NEW Dark Matter Model?

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

Dark matter still dominates the universe’s gravity, but cold dark matter (CDM)—once the best-fitting framework for how cosmic structure forms—is...

Dark Matter ModelsCold Dark MatterGalaxy Formation

Is the Cosmic Microwave Background a Huge Mistake?

Sabine Hossenfelder · 3 min read

A new astrophysics claim challenges the standard interpretation of the cosmic microwave background (CMB)—the near-uniform microwave glow long treated...

Cosmic Microwave BackgroundGalaxy FormationDust Thermalization

Is There Evidence For a Vast Multiverse?

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

A tiny, positive cosmological constant—responsible for the universe’s accelerating expansion—looks wildly “fine-tuned” compared with what quantum...

Cosmological ConstantAnthropic PrincipleMultiverse Selection

We Live In Between Two HUGE Dark Matter Voids

Sabine Hossenfelder · 3 min read

A new analysis of large-scale cosmic structure suggests that our region of the universe sits in a highly specific geometry: a thin, pancake-like...

Dark Matter VoidsCosmic Structure SimulationsLambda CDM