Physics
Magnetic Fields in Inter-cluster Space: Measured at Last
[/caption] The strength of the magnetic fields here on Earth, on the Sun, in inter-planetary space, on stars in our…
Andromeda’s Double Nucleus – Explained at Last?
In 1993, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a close-up of the nucleus of the Andromeda galaxy, M31, and found that…
LHC Sets Record for Particle Collisions, Marks “New Territory” in Physics
Physicists at the CERN research center collided sub-atomic particles in the Large Hadron Collider on Tuesday at the highest speeds…
Watch History Live from the Large Hadron Collider
[/caption] CERN announced that on March 30 they will attempt to circulate beams in the Large Hadron Collider at 3.5…
This is Getting Boring: General Relativity Passes Yet another Big Test!
[/caption] Published in 1915, Einstein's theory of general relativity (GR) passed its first big test just a few years later,…
World-wide Campaign Sheds New Light on Nature’s “LHC”
[/caption] In a manner somewhat like the formation of an alliance to defeat Darth Vader's Death Star, more than a…
Small Asteroids, Bread Flour, and a Dutch Physicist’s 150-year Old Theory
[/caption] No, it's not the Universe Puzzle No. 3; rather, it's an intriguing result from recent work into the strange…
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ESA’s Tough Choice: Dark Matter, Sun Close Flyby, Exoplanets (Pick Two)
Key questions relevant to fundamental physics and cosmology, namely the nature of the mysterious dark energy and dark matter (Euclid);…
Does Zonal Swishing Play a Part in Earth’s Magnetic Field Reversals?
[/caption] Why does the Earth's magnetic field 'flip' every million years or so? Whatever the reason, or reasons, the way…
Einstein’s General Relativity Tested Again, Much More Stringently
[/caption] This time it was the gravitational redshift part of General Relativity; and the stringency? An astonishing better-than-one-part-in-100-million! How did…