Physics
Bending The Rules – Exploring Gravitational Redshift
[/caption] Hey. We're all aware of Einstein's theories and how gravity affects light. We know it was proved during a…
AGNs As A New Standard Candle?
[/caption] Nope. A standard candle isn't the same red, green, blue, yellow and omni-present pink wax sticks that decorate your…
Faster Than The Speed Of Light… OPERA Update
[/caption] A few days ago, the physics world was turned upside down at the announcement of "faster than the speed…
Breaking the Speed of Light
[/caption] It's been a tenet of the standard model of physics for over a century. The speed of light is…
Primordial Black Holes, Dark Matter and Stellar Collisions… Oh, My!
[/caption] Well, we're off to see the Wizard again, my friends. This time it's to explore the possibilities of primordial…
Check Out These Great “Minute Physics” Animations
Why haven't I ever seen this before? Check out these awesome short Youtube videos on physics. Here's a video on…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – New Physics?
[/caption] Radioactive decay – a random process right? Well, according to some – maybe not. For several years now a…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Why The LHC Won’t Destroy The Earth
[/caption] Surprisingly, rumors still persist in some corners of the Internet that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is going to…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Cubic Neutrons
[/caption] The nature of the highly compressed matter that makes up neutron stars has been the subject of much speculation.…
Q&A with Brian Cox, part 3: ‘Wonders’ and Popularizing Science
[/caption] Professor Brian Cox is the Chair in Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, and works on the ATLAS…