Physics and Astronomy News Archive: August 2011
A Planet Made Of Diamond Discovered
Source: Swinburne Posted: 8/31/11
A once-massive star that’s been transformed into a small planet made of diamond: that’s what astronomers think they’ve found in our Milky Way.
Source: Swinburne Posted: 8/31/11
A once-massive star that’s been transformed into a small planet made of diamond: that’s what astronomers think they’ve found in our Milky Way.
Cassini Closes in on Saturn's Tumbling Moon Hyperion
Source: NASA/JPL Posted: 8/29/11
NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured new views of Saturn's oddly shaped moon Hyperion during its encounter with this cratered body on Thursday, Aug. 25.
Source: NASA/JPL Posted: 8/29/11
NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured new views of Saturn's oddly shaped moon Hyperion during its encounter with this cratered body on Thursday, Aug. 25.
Movies of electrons
Source: MIT Posted: 8/20/11
Lasers that emit pulses lasting a quintillionth of a second could characterize the behavior of individual electrons during chemical reactions.
Source: MIT Posted: 8/20/11
Lasers that emit pulses lasting a quintillionth of a second could characterize the behavior of individual electrons during chemical reactions.
Physicists ‘Entangle’ Two Atoms Using Microwaves for the First Time
Source: NIST Posted: 8/15/11
Physicists have for the first time linked the quantum properties of two separated ions (electrically charged atoms) by manipulating them with microwaves instead of the usual laser beams.
Source: NIST Posted: 8/15/11
Physicists have for the first time linked the quantum properties of two separated ions (electrically charged atoms) by manipulating them with microwaves instead of the usual laser beams.
NASA Mars Rover Arrives at New Site on Martian Surface
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 8/12/11
After a journey of almost three years, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet's Endeavour crater to study rocks never seen before.
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 8/12/11
After a journey of almost three years, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet's Endeavour crater to study rocks never seen before.
Escaping gravity's clutches: the black hole breakout
Source: York UK Posted: 8/12/11
New research may suggest that information can after all escape the gravitational pull of the black hole.
Source: York UK Posted: 8/12/11
New research may suggest that information can after all escape the gravitational pull of the black hole.
Exotic Quantum crystal discovered
Source: Kiel DE Posted: 8/12/11
University of Kiel researchers discover novel state of crystal matter.
Source: Kiel DE Posted: 8/12/11
University of Kiel researchers discover novel state of crystal matter.
