Physics
Q&A with Brian Cox, part 1: Recent Hints of the Higgs
[/caption] At two separate conferences in July, particle physicists announced some provoking news about the Higgs boson, and while the…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – A Photon’s Point Of View
[/caption] From a photon's point of view, it is emitted and then instantaneously reabsorbed. This is true for a photon…
Sometimes You Feel Like A Quark… And Sometimes You Don’t
[/caption]It's a Higgs boson. No. We're not talking about some swarthy seaman standing at the helm of a boat and…
What is Absolute Pressure?
When it comes to measurements, the everyday kind that deal with things like air pressure, tire pressure, blood pressure, etc.,…
Fermilab Unravels More About Neutrino Mystery
[/caption] Right when you thought that Fermilab was a thing of the past, new work with neutrinos are exciting us…
Is This a Scene from Star Wars or a Real Image from the ISS?
[/caption] What an amazing image! The ATV-2 Johannes Kepler looks like an X-Wing fighter from Star Wars as it departed…
New Clues To Solving Physics Riddle
[/caption] There are diminutive visitors to Earth. We've known about them and measured their presence since the 1960s. When the…
Measuring Fundamental Constants with Methanol
[/caption] Key to the astronomical modeling process by which scientists attempt to understand our universe, is a comprehensive knowledge of…
Australian Student Uncovers the Universe’s Missing Mass
[/caption] Not since the work of Fritz Zwicky has the astronomy world been so excited about the missing mass of…
AMS Now Attached to the Space Station, Ready to Observe the Invisible Universe
The long-awaited Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a particle physics detector that could unlock mysteries about dark matter and other cosmic radiation,…