Physical Sciences

Finding Evidence Without An Eyewitness

The particles are all moving about. This is called Browniian motion. It demonstrates that something is ...

Blog Post - Bernard Horvath - Feb 6 2009 - 1:25pm

Relativistic Addition Of Velocities

speed for all physical phenomena- the speed of light- c.   This is a good problem to explore some basic ...

Article - Jon Lederman - Feb 22 2009 - 12:48pm

Gravitational Lensing: 'Einstein's Telescope' In Understanding The Cosmos

Objects) – faint objects such as dim stars, Jupiter-sized planets or stellar-mass black holes that are all ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 22 2009 - 2:28pm

The Quest For The First Moments Of The Universe

universe apart and overwhelms gravity, the attractive force exerted by all matter. Dark energy is ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 22 2009 - 2:50pm

NGC 7293- Into The Eye Of The Helix

has been found to have an unexpected and complex structure. All around the inside of the ring are ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2009 - 12:00pm

Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant May Have A Clue To Origin Of Interstellar Dust

NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech. But the origin of all this dust is a mystery. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2009 - 2:46pm

Baby Burst- GRB 081203A Gets An Early Stage Look

a celestial object toward the red or longer wavelength, end of the visible spectrum. All distant galaxies show ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2009 - 2:01pm

Arp 261 And Other Peculiar Things

study the interacting galaxies at all, but to investigate the properties of the inconspicuous object ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 16 2009 - 10:10am

NGC 6240- Cosmic Train Wreck By Black Holes A Million Times The Mass Of The Sun

and Giovanni Fazio, all of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 16 2009 - 9:23pm

When Is A Metal Not A Metal?

centimeter.  This we encounter daily in our weather charts, with their lines all close to 1000 mbar.  These are ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Sep 19 2010 - 3:38pm