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Cosmic-Ray Acceleration and Magnetic Fields in Galaxy Clusters and Beyond: Insights from Radio Observations

open access: yesUniverse, 2023
The discovery of diffuse radio emission in galaxy clusters proved the existence of energetic cosmic-ray electrons and cosmic magnetic fields on Mpc-scales in the Universe.
Denis Wittor
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Is the Universe Enough? Can It Suffice as a Basis for Worldviews?

open access: yesJournal of Big History, 2019
The modern scientific cosmic perspective is unique and compelling, but it is not for everyone. Modern cosmology can be humbling and awe-inspiring, even motivating It can also be overwhelming, even scary.
Mark Lupisella
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Cosmic Union of Communities: a New Concept and Technologies of Creating Cosmic Humanity [PDF]

open access: yesФилософия и космология, 2019
The article deals with the philosophical foundations of the theory and practice of creating Cosmic Humanity. It suggests a new idea, concept and technology of organizing cosmic communities, i.e.
Sergey Krichevsky
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Evolução do Sistema Solar Primordial em Termos de Grande História e Evolução Universal

open access: yesJournal of Big History, 2018
A presente contribuição é dedicada a alguns aspectos da história e evolução do Sistema Solar primordial. A origem do Sol, da Terra, de outros planetas e dos seus satélites tem sido de grande interesse para as pessoas.
Leonid Grinin
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The Tree of Knowledge: System A New Map for Big History

open access: yesJournal of Big History, 2019
This article summarizes the Tree of Knowledge (ToK) System (Henriques, 2003; 2011), and compares and contrasts its depiction of cosmic evolution as four “dimensions of existence” (i.e., Matter, Life, Mind and Culture) with Big History’s eight thresholds ...
Gregg Henriques   +3 more
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Energy Flows in Low-Entropy Complex Systems

open access: yesEntropy, 2015
Nature’s many complex systems—physical, biological, and cultural—are islands of low-entropy order within increasingly disordered seas of surrounding, high-entropy chaos.
Eric J. Chaisson
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Cosmic Evolutionary Philosophy and a Dialectical Approach to Technological Singularity

open access: yesInformation, 2018
The anticipated next stage of human organization is often described by futurists as a global technological singularity. This next stage of complex organization is hypothesized to be actualized by scientific-technic knowledge networks.
Cadell Last
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Considering light-matter interactions in Friedmann equations based on the conformal FLRW metric

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Research, 2023
Introduction: Recent observations indicate that the Universe is not transparent but partially opaque due to absorption of light by ambient cosmic dust. This implies that the current cosmological model valid for the transparent universe must be modified ...
Václav Vavryčuk
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Evolution of cosmic string configurations [PDF]

open access: yesPhysical Review D, 1993
We extend and develop our previous work on the evolution of a network of cosmic strings. The new treatment is based on an analysis of the probability distribution of the end-to-end distance of a randomly chosen segment of left-moving string of given length.
Austin, Daren   +2 more
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Refueling the Magic Furnace: Kilonova 2017 Rewrites the Story of Element Origins

open access: yesJournal of Big History, 2018
For more than half a century, we have understood element creation in the stars—described in Marcus Chown’s colorful image as “the magic furnace.” From 1958 until 2017, supernova explosions were thought to be the primary site of element creation above ...
Barry Woods
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