Jean Tate
Speed of Gravity
[/caption] What is the speed of gravity? It's 299,792,458 m/s. Seem familiar? Yep, it's the speed of light (in a…
Universe Puzzle No. 6
As with last week's Universe Puzzle, something that cannot be answered by five minutes spent googling, a puzzle that requires…
This is Getting Boring: General Relativity Passes Yet another Big Test!
[/caption] Published in 1915, Einstein's theory of general relativity (GR) passed its first big test just a few years later,…
Answer to Universe Puzzle No. 5 Now Posted
I've now posted the answer in the original post. Check back next week for another Universe Puzzle!
Universe Puzzle No. 5
As with last week's Universe Puzzle, something that cannot be answered by five minutes spent googling, a puzzle that requires…
World-wide Campaign Sheds New Light on Nature’s “LHC”
[/caption] In a manner somewhat like the formation of an alliance to defeat Darth Vader's Death Star, more than a…
Universe Puzzle No. 4
As with last week's Universe Puzzle, something that cannot be answered by five minutes spent googling, a puzzle that requires…
Universe Puzzle No. 3
As with last week's Universe Puzzle, something that cannot be answered by five minutes spent googling, a puzzle that requires…
Small Asteroids, Bread Flour, and a Dutch Physicist’s 150-year Old Theory
[/caption] No, it's not the Universe Puzzle No. 3; rather, it's an intriguing result from recent work into the strange…
Eccentricity
When it comes to space, the word eccentricity nearly always refers to orbital eccentricity, or the eccentricity of the orbit…