Jean Tate
GRB Central Engines Observed in Nearby Supernovae?
[/caption] Are the relativistic jets of long gamma ray bursts (GRBs) produced by brand new black holes? Do some core-collapse…
Death in the Sky: M31 Shreds its Satellites
[/caption] An international team of astronomers has identified two new tidal streams in M31, the Andromeda galaxy. They are more-or-less…
Atomic Radius
[/caption] If you can imagine an atom, of an element, as a sphere, then the radius of that sphere would…
Main Sequence
If you make a plot of the brightness of a few thousand stars near us, against their color (or surface…
Debunking Astrology: Mars Can’t Influence You
So you think the position of Mars in the sky at the time of your birth made you tall, dark,…
Pioneer Anomaly
[/caption] Named after the Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes, the Pioneer anomaly refers to the fact that they seem…
Nucleosynthesis
'Nucleo-' means 'to do with nuclei'; 'synthesis' means 'to make', so nucleosynthesis is the creation of (new) atomic nuclei. In…
Atomic Mass Unit
[/caption] Believe it or not, there are actually several atomic mass units … however, the one that's standard – throughout…
Antineutrino
[/caption] The antineutrino (or anti-neutrino) is a lepton, an antimatter particle, the counterpart to the neutrino. Actually, there are three…