Max Planck
Who was Max Planck?
Max Planck was one of the most renowned physicists of his time, and is considered one of the greatest minds…
How Does Light Travel?
Since ancient times, scientists have debated the true nature of light. Despite the progress we've made, there are still mysteries…
What Is The Electron Cloud Model?
The Electron Cloud Model was of the greatest contributions of the 20th century, leading to a revolution in physics and…
Who was Albert Einstein?
At the end of the millennium, Physics World magazine conducted a poll where they asked 100 of the world's leading…
How We’ve ‘Morphed’ From “Starry Night” to Planck’s View of the BICEP2 Field
From the vantage point of a window in an insane asylum, Vincent van Gogh painted one of the most noted…
Ancient Impacts Stained Vesta with Carbon-Rich Material
Composite-color 3D image of Cornelia crater on Vesta (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) Ever since arriving at Vesta in July 2011, NASA's Dawn spacecraft…
How Plasma Technology From Space Will Save Our Lives
[/caption] It might sound obvious to anyone who's ever played a video game in the past thirty years, but plasma…
How Did Comet Lovejoy Survive Its Trip Around The Sun?
[/caption] It was just about three months ago that the astronomy world watched in awe as the recently-discovered comet Lovejoy…
X-rays Reveal a Stellar-Mass Black Hole in Andromeda
[/caption] An ultraluminous x-ray source (ULX) previously spotted in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy by NASA's Chandra observatory has now been revealed…
First Look at a Black Hole’s Feast
A true heart of darkness lies at the center of our galaxy: Sagittarius A* (pronounced "A-star") is a supermassive black…