All posts tagged "Physics"
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69PhysicsAstronomers find evidence for ‘direct collapse’ black hole
Astronomers have discovered evidence for an unusual kind of black hole born extremely early in the universe. They showed that a recently...
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70PhysicsIt’s Official: NASA Is Opening The International Space Station to Tourists
NASA just announced that it will officially allow regular citizens – not just certified astronauts – on board the International Space Station, as well...
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62PhysicsRichter magnitude scale and energy equivalents in terms of TNT explosive force
The following table lists the approximate energy equivalents in terms of TNT explosive force – though note that the earthquake energy is...
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77PhysicsNobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann dead at 89
Murray Gell-Mann, a physicist who theorized the existence of the quark and won a Nobel Prize for his method of classifying particles,...
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85PhysicsThe Sun Is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined
The sun radiates far more high-frequency light than expected, raising questions about unknown features of the sun’s magnetic field and the possibility...
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128Physics‘We’ve now seen the unseeable’: Black hole photographed for 1st time
Black holes have been mysterious and elusive — until now. Astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have, for the first time, photographed one. “We’ve now seen the...
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154PhysicsTwo unusual galaxies shake up the dark matter debate, again
WHEN IT COMES to the nature of dark matter, astronomers are still largely, well, in the dark. The existence of this mysterious substance was...
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130PhysicsGalaxy Simulations Offer a New Solution to the Fermi Paradox
Astronomers claim in a new paper that star motions should make it easy for civilizations to spread across the galaxy, but still...
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144PhysicsStephen Hawking celebrated with new 50 pence coin
The British Royal Mint has commemorated professor Stephen Hawking in a new 50p coin, which references the late physicist’s pioneering work on black...
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101PhysicsWayward Satellites Test Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
In August 2014 a rocket launched the fifth and sixth satellites of the Galileo global navigation system, the European Union’s $11-billion answer...