Given the infinite divisibility of matter, ought we conclude that the fundamental stuff of reality is mere information? That is, if we were to keep splitting matter into smaller and smaller bits, what else could possibly be down there besides abstract concepts and math? In a recent article in Scientific American, Bernardo Kastrup discusses Max […]
Cosmology
Why Does the Sun’s Corona Sizzle?
Physicists at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have done some important work to further illuminate the extreme heat of the sun’s corona. According to their findings published in “Why does the Sun’s Corona sizzle at one million degrees Fahrenheit?” (ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 8 May 2018), the corona may be even hotter than previously thought, making […]
Dark Energy and Cosmic Expansion
Dark energy and cosmic expansion are among the most confounding topics in astrophysics. As Philip Perry asks, How is the universe moving faster than the speed of light? By fully understanding the difference between spacetime (which makes up the universe) and the void (into which the universe is expanding), the conundrum of cosmic expansion and […]
Why Nothing Matters
Reflections on A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing by Lawrence Krauss In his new book, A Universe from Nothing, Lawrence Krauss explicitly acknowledges that, to fully understand the genesis of our cosmos, we have no choice but to face the nothingness that preceded it. But, in so doing, he inadvertently […]