Physics
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, Explained
This hot-off-the-press video from the science-explainer folks at Sixty Symbols does a great job of detailing the science of the…
Minute Physics: Real World Telekinesis
How do magnets affect things at a distance? How does the Sun heat our planet from 93 million miles away?…
What Happens When Supermassive Black Holes Merge?
Frame from a simulation of the merger of two black holes and the resulting emission of gravitational radiation (NASA/C. Henze)…
Effects of Einstein’s Elusive Gravitational Waves Observed
Two white dwarfs similar to those in the system SDSS J065133.338+284423.37 spiral together in this illustration from NASA. Credit: D.…
Data from Black Hole’s Edge Provides New Test of Relativity
From a NASA press release: Last year, astronomers discovered a quiescent black hole in a distant galaxy that erupted after…
A Space-Time Crystal to Outlive the Universe
Caption: Selfmade Alum Crystal. Weight 5.01g Source: JanDerChemiker via wikimedia commons The second law of thermodynamics states that all isolated…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 269: Mass
Last week we talked about energy, and this week we’ll talk about mass. And here’s the crazy thing. Mass, matter,…
Podcast: Energy
Our entire civilization depends on energy: getting it, converting it, burning it, and conserving it. But how do physicists think…
The Higgs Boson in One Minute… or Two…
If you're still scratching your head, trying to figure out all the Higgs Boson news, the great folks from MinutePhysics…
Ping-Pong Particles: What the Higgs Does
Unless you've been hiding under a chondrite for the past week you've heard the news from CERN regarding the discovery…