/ Theoretical physics Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /blog/universe-tuned-support-life <p><span>For life to flourish, the universe had to meet a nesting doll of conditions. The quantum fluctuations that led to the Big Bang had to be just right to kickstart the cosmological chemistry necessary for star, galaxy and planetary formation. Eventually, conditions on one of these planets — Earth — were just right to support the rise of organic matter, leading to the evolution of life. Leading to us.</span></p><p><span>Was the universe tuned to support life? Or was it cosmological happenstance?</span></p> January 10, 2025 - 3:17pm Andy Fell /blog/universe-tuned-support-life /curiosity/news/new-candidate-dark-matter-and-way-detect-it <p>Two theoretical physicists at the University of California, Davis, have a new candidate for dark matter, and a possible way to detect it. They presented their&nbsp;work June 6 at the Planck 2019 conference in Granada, Spain, and it has been submitted for publication.&nbsp;</p> <p>Dark matter is thought to make up just over a quarter of our universe, with most of the rest being even-more mysterious dark energy. It cannot be seen directly, but dark matter’s presence can be detected because its gravity determines the shape of distant galaxies and other objects.&nbsp;</p> June 10, 2019 - 2:05pm Andy Fell /curiosity/news/new-candidate-dark-matter-and-way-detect-it