Below are some articles relevant to cosmology that we've learned are available on the web. This list was started March 13, 1998 and last updated Sept. 19, 2002.

Lists

• News of the Universe by Ned Wright at UCLA
• Harvard Smithsonian press reports .
• NASA news
• Space telescope press releases and pictures (which come with press releases)
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey: news, press releases and articles (this project is mapping about one quarter of the sky)
• Astronomy Magazine News.

General

• Making Sense of Modern Cosmology, Scientific American, Jan. 2001
• The greatest story ever told (Is cosmology solved?), Science News, Dec. 19, 1998

Cosmic Microwave Background

• Discovery supports astronomers' paradoxical views of the universe, U of Chicago Press Release, Sept. 19, 2002
• Cosmic polarisation detected from South Pole, New Scientist, Sept. 19, 2002
• Hunting for the Big Bang's Fossils in the Sky, space.com, 26 June 2001
• Early Universe Theory Boosted With New Data, space.com, April 29, 2001
• Listen Closely: From Tiny Hum Came Big Bang , New York Times, April 30, 2001
• Calculating Contents of Cosmos , Washington Post, April 30, 2001
• U. of C. team finds echoes of Big Bang , Chicago Tribune, April 30, 2001
• Boomerang Effect, Scientific American, July 2000
• Balloon Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background Strongly Favor a Flat Cosmos , Physics Today, July 2000
• More evidence for a flat universe, Berkeley Press release (MAXIMA expt.), May 2000
• Balloon Sounds Out the Early Universe, Science News April 29, 2000.
• Universe is Flat, ABC news, April 26, 2000
• BOOMERANG press release and NASA BOOMERANG press release, April 26, 2000

New X-ray observations

• Chandra Finds Most Distant X-ray Galaxy Cluster, Chandra Press Release, Feb. 15, 2001
• X-Ray data reveals black holes galore, Science News, Jan. 15, 2000.
• Chandra Resolves Cosmic X-ray Glow and Finds Mysterious New Sources, Chandra Press Release, Jan. 13,2000
• Chandra sees its first light, Scientific American exhibit, Sept. 7, 1999
• First images from Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA press release Aug. 16, 1999
• Amazing pictures from NASA, ABC news, Aug. 26,1999
• NASA Unveils First Chandra Images , Astronomy Magazine, Aug. 1999

High Redshift Objects

• Cosmic Dawn, Science News, June 8, 2002
• Newly Glimpsed Quasars Help Scientists Close in on Big Bang, Space.com, June 5, 2001
• Newfound Galaxy Goes the Distance, Science News, May 27, 2000
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey Finds Most Distant Object Ever Observed, SDSS press release, April 13, 2000
• Newfound quasar wins the title "most distant in the universe", NASA Press release, Feb. 18, 2000
• The universe en rose, the view through a better camera, Science News, Mar 13, 1999.
• Galaxies Came Before Clusters, RAS press notice, Jan 15, 1999
• High Redshift Quasars, SDSS, Dec. 8
• Light from a Long Time Ago, ABC news, Dec. 9, 1998

Galaxies in the very Early Universe

• Stellar 'Fireworks Finale' Came First in the Young Universe > , STScI press release, Jan 02
• Astronomers Image Universe's Fiery Youth, NASA press release Jan 02
• The dance of the galaxies: The young universe ball, by T. Kolatt, Mercury Magazine, May-June 2000
• A Cosmic Radiation Field Unveiled, UCLA news report, Jan. 12, 2000
• Multiple Galaxy Collisions Surprise Hubble Astronomers ,Space Telescope Press Release, Nov. 22, 1999
• First Stars, NCSA magazine article, fall 1999.
• Evidence shows lots of galaxies made the background glow, explorezone, Nov. 10, 1999.
• Starry bulges yield secrets to galaxy growth, NASA press release, Oct. 6, 1999
• Galaxies got crash course in early universe, Astronomy Magazine, Sept. 17, 1999
• Hubble Looks to the South, ABC news, Nov 23, 1998
• Deeper into the Deep Field, Scientific American Oct 19, 1998
• Back to the Big Bang (almost), ABC news, Oct 1998
• Distant, Dusty Galaxies, Scientific American, July 1998
• A Bright and Early Start for Galaxies, ABC news, July 15, 1998
• A galaxy far, far away ABCnews, May 6, 1998.
• Baby Galaxy 12.22 Billion Light Years Distant , ABC news, March 13, 1998
• Very Early Galaxy Detected , Washington Post, March 13, 1998.

Large Scale Structure

• New View of primordial helium traces structure of early universe, NASA press release
• Galaxy map reveals the limits of cosmic structure, Science News Aug. 12, 2000 (using findarticles.com)
• Telescope maps 100,000 galaxies and finds an 'end of greatness', Houston Chronicle, June 11, 2000
• Intergalactic flypasts: the "real thing", ABC news, May 8, 2000
• Mapping the Universe, by Steve Landy, in Scientific American June 1999
• A Continent in space, ABC news Jan 8, 1999

New Galaxy Surveys

• New Map of the "Nearby" Universe Reveals Large-Scale Structure of Galaxies, UMASS press release, June 5, 2001
• Galaxy Survey Finds Limit of Cosmic Structure Size , Physics Today, August 2000
• Weighing the Universe with 100,000 galaxies AA2dF press release, June 7, 2000
• Experts Estimate Galaxy Count, ABC news Jan 7, 1999
• Picturing the Heavens ABC news, June 8, 1998

Missing Matter and types of matter out there

• Strange stars suggest new types of matter, CNN news, April 10, 2002
• Chandra Places further limits on nature of dark matter, NASA press release, Jan 02
• Chandra Probes Nature of Dark Matter, Chandra Press Release, Sept. 6, 2001
• Astronomers Take the Measure of Dark Matter in the Universe, Chandra Press Release, Sept. 6, 2001
• Sudbury Neutrino Observatory First Scientific Results, press release, Jun. 18, 2001
• White dwarfs shed light on dark matter, Spaceflight now, March 23, 2001
• Muon magnetic moment BNL press release and experiment information, Feb. 8, 2001
• Muon orbits may defy main physics theory, Science News, Feb. 17, 2001
• Momentus magnetism, New Scientist Feb. 2001 (possible detection of supersymmetric particles)
• muon magnetic moment, ABCnews.com, Feb. 2001
• Astronomers gain best glimpse yet of what our universe is made of, U. Penn Press release, Jan. 31, 2001
• Mind over Dark Matter, NCSA access article, fall 2000
• Astronomers find evidence of missing matter, Science News May 13, 2000
• Hubble Finds Much of the Universe's Missing Hydrogen HST press release May 3, 2000
• Lone Black Holes Discovered Adrift in the Galaxy, Space Telescope Press Release, Jan. 13, 2000
• A Dark View of the Universe, Science News Jan. 8, 2000 (also about surveys)
• Have Milky Way MACHO's been found?, Science News, Sept 18, 1999
• Icy observatory launches neutrino hunt, Science News, Mar. 27, 1999
• There could be whole worlds of invisible matter out there, New Scientist, Feb. 13, 1999
• Tiny galaxies have hearts of darkness, Science News, Jan 16, 1999.
• Dark Matter in Ghost Galaxies, ABC news Jan 6, 1998
• Missing Mass spotted, ABC news Aug 17, 1998
• Missing Matter a Gas, ABC news, June 9
• Brown Dwarfs Get Some Respect, ABC news June 9, 1998.
• The Universe Gains Weight, ABC news June 4, 1998 (massive neutrino reports from Super Kamiokande)

The Distance Scale and Age of the Universe

• Old stars reveal universe's minimum age, Science News, Feb. 10, 2001
• Astronomers improve "cosmic yardstick" by measuring distance to star in Gemini with Palomar Testbed Interferometer, CalTech Press Release Dec. 2000
• Cosmic Distance Measurements press release from Chandra X-ray observatory, April 2000
• Little Giants Create a Big Controversy, Harvard-Smithsonian Press Release, Jan. 12, 2000
• Universe might be younger than previously thought, NASA press release, Sept. 27, 1999
• Galaxy study challenges cosmic-age estimate, Science News, June 19, 1999
• Hubble Telescope Dates the Universe, Science News, May 29, 1999
• The Not-So-Old Universe , ABC news.com, May 25, 1999.
• Universe May Be Slightly Smaller, ABCnews.com, March 31, 1998.

Theories of the early universe

• A Recycled Universe, Scientific American, Feb. 2002

Lensing (matter bending space)

• Lensing image with Subaru telescope, press release Nov. 14, 2000
• Unveiling the nature of a dusty galaxy, Hubble Press Release, Sept. 6, 2000
• Astrophysicists detect cosmic shear, evidence of dark matter, NSF press release May 10, 2000
• Natural Lenses in Space Stretch Hubble's View, STScI press release, May 13, 1999
• Brightest (or not) Object Found ABC news, June 10, 1998.
• Gravity Warped into Halo, ABCnews, March 31, 1998.
• A warped look at Einstein, ABCnews.com, March 31, 1998

Supernovae searches, energy of empty space, etc.

• A Dark Force in the Universe, Science News, April 7, 2001
• Hubble Finds Crucial Distant Supernova , Sky and Telescope Magazine News bulletin, April 2001
• Distant Supernova Illuminates Dark Universe , Scientific American news in brief, April 2001
• Blast from the Past: Farthest Supernova Ever Seen Sheds Light on Dark Universe , Space Telescope Press Release, April 2, 2001
• The Real Armageddon, by L. Krauss, in Firstscience
• Revved Up Universe:Astronomers check out an expansive finding, Science News Online, Feb. 12, 2000
• SNAP satellite collection of SN news articles
• Boom or Bust, Scientific American, August 1999
• Cosmology shedding light on dark matter, by D. Holz, from Snapsat home page, Aug. 1999
• A Hundred billion years of solitude, Scientific American, April 1999
• Online news hour interview with A. Riess (high Z team), Feb. 1998
• press releases from LBL (and links)
• Mapping the Cosmos, ABC news nightline, May 25, 1998
• The Universe Flies Apart , ABCnews.com, Feb. 26, 1998.
• The Cosmos' Fate: World Without End, Science News, Jan. 3, 1998
• Hubble Telescope measurements reported , Jan. 8, 1998

New Observing tools

• Future Telescopes Based in Space, Sky and Telescope, Aug. 2000

• Is space finite?, Scientific American Article, April 99 issue

Galaxies

• Anatomy of a Cosmic Collision, Sky and Telescope, March 1998

Future of the Universe

• How The Universe Will End, Time Cover story, June 2001
• The Great Cosmic Battle, by Adams and Laughlin, Mercury Magazine, Jan. 2000

Of possible interest but not free or not (fully) on web
Science News Science, New York Times, Physics Today, Sky and Telescope news, Astronomy Magazine, and Scientific American articles (some of these have selected articles on the web but many other interesting ones as well).

Also see compilations made by Scitech daily review, on science in general, with links to many journals

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Disclaimer: this is just a list of things we have gotten around to putting on this web page. There are certainly many more articles out there! Suggestions are welcome, although I might not be able to make all suggested changes. jcohn@astron.berkeley.edu