Physics
Message in a Wobble: Black Holes Send Memos in Light
[/caption] Imagine a spinning black hole so colossal and so powerful that it kicks photons, the basic units of light,…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Gravity Probe B
[/caption] There's a line out of an early episode of The Big Bang Theory series, where Gravity Probe B is…
Hunt for Dark Matter Closes in at the LHC
[/caption] From an Imperial College London press release: Physicists say they are closer than ever to finding the source of…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Time Freeze
[/caption] There is a story told about traveling at the speed of light in which you are asked to imagine…
Fermi Telescope Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space
From a NASA press release: Scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Apparent Superluminal Motion
[/caption] The recent list of Universe Today's Top 10 Stories of 2010 included the story Faster than Light Pulsars Discovered…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Secular Evolution
[/caption] A traditional galaxy evolution model has it that you start with spiral galaxies – which might grow in size…
The Moon Helps Radio Astronomers Search for Neutrinos
[/caption] From an NRAO press release: Seeking to detect mysterious, ultra-high-energy neutrinos from distant regions of space, a team of…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Blazar Jets
[/caption] Polar jets are often found around objects with spinning accretion disks – anything from newly forming stars to ageing…
Hawking(ish) Radiation Observed
In 1974, Steven Hawking proposed a seemingly ridiculous hypothesis. Black holes, the gravitational monsters from which nothing escapes, evaporate. To…