Boomerang effect
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Issues concerning the observation of cosmic microwave background radiation by the Boomerang and Maxima telescopes in 1998 are presented. The implications of the observations for the big bang theory are discussed.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
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An ear for spacetime
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The use of super sensitive microphone such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory to detect wave induced oscillations of gravitational forces, caused by approaching black holes is discussed.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2007
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Boom or Bust? New doubts about whether cosmic expansion is accelerating
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Scientists observing supernovae believed that the brightness of these exploding stars provided evidence of an accelerating universe. Now some astronomers have called this theory into question.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
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