Welcome to the explore part of Ben Wandelt's home page for cosmology enthusiasts and non-technical members of the public who are curious about Ben's work. He and his group are studying a wide range of research topics, from the early universe to the emergence of structure in the Universe capable of supporting intelligent civilizations. You can meet him and his group, explore non-technical articles, introductions to his work and a look behind the scenes in cosmic background, send in your questions in an FAQ and browse links to other sites that feature cosmology.

Announcements

August 3, 2008
We are looking for an undergraduate student to take over as the project administrator for Cosmology@Home. Look at the attached document for more details.
Job posting for Cosmology@Home Project Administrator + Cosmology@Home website
June 26, 2008
There is now a hyperlinked glossary that comes with my introduction to The Cosmic Microwave Background. A big thanks to Karen Y. Ng, who volunteered her work. I hope this helps those people who wrote to me complaining about my excessive use of jargon...
Direct link to an intro to the CMB for cosmology enthusiasts.
June 9, 2008
New Scientist is featuring our research as their cover story. I haven't actually seen the article yet, so more details will have to wait...
The New Scientist web page.
May 6, 2008
My student Chad Fendt just received word that he won a second fellowship year from the program in computational science and engineering!
The home page of the CSE program.
February 7, 2008
Rishi and I released our work on Cosmic (Super-)Strings on the arxiv last week and it's creating quite a stir in the media and in several blogs. Check out the links below. There's a rumor that Science will run a news brief on our paper in the upcoming issue.
The preprint that's causing all this excitement! + UIUC news release

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