ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has revealed three massive filaments of hot gas flowing towards a cluster of galaxies, uncovering a portion of the cosmic skeleton that pervades the entire Universe. Source: Cosmic filaments exposed near huge cluster / Space Science … Continue reading →
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced today that its Rosetta spacecraft has made the first in situ detection of oxygen molecules outgassing from a comet, a surprising observation that suggests they were incorporated into the comet during its formation. “We … Continue reading →
The International Big History Association has just announced details of the 2016 IBHA Conference from July 15 – 17, 2016 in Amsterdam. The theme for the 2016 conference is “Building Big History: Research and Teaching.” The conference seeks to present … Continue reading →
The International Big History Association (IBHA) has just approved Memes, Societies and Human Evolution –How humans came to dominate the planet and then threaten its ecology to be added to their extensive bibliography of the history of the universe. This … Continue reading →
Two independent teams have found compounds including nitrogen and carbon dioxide on Comet 67P, which can form sugars and amino acids. Source: Building blocks of life found among organic compounds on Comet 67P – what Philae discoveries mean … Continue reading →
On 25 June 2015, Ian Crawford, Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology at Birkbeck University of London and a member of the Big History UK group, was one of the guests on the BBC Radio 4 programme “In Our Time” … Continue reading →
The Big History UK Association are very keen to identify any schools, colleges, universities or other places which teach Big History (or any similar course which summarises history from the Big Bang to the present day). If you know of … Continue reading →
Video produced by Global Generation to explain their work. … Continue reading →
Spring was the time when the Babylonians retold “Enuma Elish”, their version of the history of the universe, and in 2015 people are telling the modern version of the story, for example at Enuma Elish website. often with a spiritual … Continue reading →
“Most people look at a cliff and just see a pile of rocks. But when I look at a cliff I see millions of years of geological time.” says Zoe Shipton, Professor of Geology at Strathclyde University. She explains what … Continue reading →