Observations of the current Universe suggest a faster rate of cosmic expansion than predictions based on early-Universe data.Credit: NASA/ESA/Judy Schmidt Cosmology seems to be heading for a showdown on one of its most basic questions: how fast is the Universe expanding? For more than a decade, two types of measurement have been in disagreement. Observations … Read more
After 15 years of discussion and exploration, a committee of researchers has decided that the Anthropocene — generally understood to be the age of irreversible human impacts on the planet — will not become an official epoch in Earth’s geological timeline. The ruling, first reported by The New York Times, is meant to be final, … Read more
“This second debate, coming less than four months before the first vote in Iowa, is where the rubber hits the road,” Perino said. FOX News host Dana Perino, who will help run Wednesday’s Republican presidential primary debate in Simi Valley, Calif., expects a wide-ranging look at the candidates vying to be the next president. Perino … Read more