Physics and Astronomy News Archive: February 2017

Image: The Cat’s Paw and Lobster Nebulae

The Cat’s Paw and Lobster Nebulae
Source: ESO Posted: 2/6/17
The beautiful, glowing, cosmic clouds of gas and dust catalogued as NGC 6334 and NGC 6357 now have new names.

Image: First Look at Magnetism of Real Nanoparticle

First Look at Magnetism of Real Nanoparticle
Source: ORNL Posted: 2/3/17
Scientist help solve a unique problem: to model magnetism at the atomic level using experimental data from a real nanoparticle.

'A theory with mathematical beauty is more likely to be correct than an ugly one that fits some experimental data. God is a mathematician of a very high order, and He used very advanced mathematics in constructing the universe.'

Paul Dirac
(1902-1984)