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.

Richard Feynman

'Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?'

Richard Feynman
(1918-1988)