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.

'Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.'

Henri Poincare
(1854-1912)