PinnedRichard VincentAre we wrong about aliens?Life in the universe should be incredibly common. The only problem is it isn’t. Or, at least, it doesn’t seem to be. Maybe we’re wrong?Feb 19, 202211Feb 19, 202211
Richard VincentinPredictIs dark matter actually a wave?Over the past 100 years, researchers have gotten used to labelling things that were previously considered waves as particles and vice…May 18, 20231May 18, 20231
Richard VincentinIntuitionThe Roundness of the Electron is a Problem.For years, scientists have been painstakingly measuring the shape of an electron. The precision to which this is now possible is…May 6, 2023May 6, 2023
Richard VincentinIntuitionFinding Aliens: The Jupiter Icy Moons ExplorerOn the 7th of January 1610, Galileo was using his newly developed telescope to study the heavens, when he discovered “three fixed stars…Apr 29, 2023Apr 29, 2023
Richard VincentinIntuitionRunaway black hole discoveredThe Hubble telescope has captured a runaway black hole doing the opposite of what we usually expect them to do.Apr 22, 2023Apr 22, 2023
Richard VincentinIntuitionUltramassive black hole discoveredScientists at Durham University have discovered one of the biggest black holes ever seen, at 30 billion times the mass of the Sun.Apr 15, 20231Apr 15, 20231
Richard VincentinPredictAre black holes dark energy?In the 1990s, astronomers discovered something weird about the expansion of the universe.Apr 6, 20232Apr 6, 20232
Richard VincentinPredictDark matter may not exist.For decades astronomers have invoked a mysterious substance called dark matter to explain a range of phenomena we observe when we look out…Mar 31, 2023Mar 31, 2023
Richard VincentinPredictWill we understand aliens?You work at the Allen Telescope Array at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory in Northern California. It’s been a long day and it’s late…Mar 21, 2023Mar 21, 2023
Richard VincentWhat is the Bullet Cluster?In the 1970s, the astronomer Vera Rubin was observing how the rotation of spiral galaxies changed as she looked along the radius, from the…Mar 11, 2023Mar 11, 2023
