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d4a4e803a4682be4cdf28ab72a88d407 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/12/23/water-in-space-does-it-freeze-or-boil/ | Water In Space: Does It Freeze Or Boil? | Water In Space: Does It Freeze Or Boil?
Water drops can exist inside the pressurized environment of the International Space Station, but... [+] send them outside the cabin into the vacuum of space, and they can be liquid no longer. Image credit: ESA/NASA, of Andre Kuipers.
If you brought liquid water into outer space, ... |
a2bac3e8d2a6bd841100bfb3d7cbf135 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/03/14/heres-what-it-takes-to-make-parallel-universes-real/ | The 3 Ways That Parallel Universes Could Be Real | The 3 Ways That Parallel Universes Could Be Real
A huge number of separate regions where Big Bangs occur are separated by continuously inflating... [+] space in eternal inflation. But unless there's a truly infinite amount of space out there, the number of possible outcomes grows faster than the number of possible Univ... |
c92e24b3364cfdc5661f369b0056a77f | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/03/15/the-first-climate-model-turns-50-and-predicted-global-warming-almost-perfectly/ | The First Climate Model Turns 50, And Predicted Global Warming Almost Perfectly | The First Climate Model Turns 50, And Predicted Global Warming Almost Perfectly
The Earth as viewed from a composite of NASA satellite images from space in the early 2000s. NASA / Blue Marble Project
Modeling the Earth's climate is one of the most daunting, complicated tasks out there. If only we were more like the Moo... |
1f34277e3b8d56525902860e15f20af6 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/04/15/ask-ethan-what-was-the-entropy-of-the-universe-at-the-big-bang/?sh=7a718f4c7280 | Ask Ethan: What Was The Entropy Of The Universe At The Big Bang? | Ask Ethan: What Was The Entropy Of The Universe At The Big Bang?
Looking back a variety of distances corresponds to a variety of times since the Big Bang. Entropy... [+] has increased always. NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)
The second law of thermodynamics is one of those puzzling laws of nature that simply emerges fr... |
65166292d3af94669e8f8512f2260f8f | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/04/22/ask-ethan-what-should-a-black-holes-event-horizon-look-like/ | Ask Ethan: What Should A Black Hole's Event Horizon Look Like? | Ask Ethan: What Should A Black Hole's Event Horizon Look Like?
An illustration of a black hole. Despite how dark it is, all black holes are thought to have formed... [+] from normal matter alone, but illustrations like these are only partially accurate. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Earlier this month, telescopes from all around t... |
df1d06e686aca410428cfeda2156dfa8 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/05/11/what-if-cosmic-inflation-is-wrong/ | What If Cosmic Inflation Is Wrong? | What If Cosmic Inflation Is Wrong?
The earliest stages of the Universe, before the Big Bang, are what set up the initial conditions... [+] that everything we see today has evolved from. E. Siegel, with images derived from ESA/Planck and the DoE/NASA/ NSF interagency task force on CMB research
All scientific ideas, no ... |
c829b05e2587fe31a4a7c3daf9ae7a54 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/05/30/is-there-really-a-cosmological-constant-or-is-dark-energy-changing-with-time/ | Is There Really A Cosmological Constant? Or Is Dark Energy Changing With Time? | Is There Really A Cosmological Constant? Or Is Dark Energy Changing With Time?
The history of the Universe tells the story of a race between gravitation and expansion, until about... [+] six billion years ago, when dark energy becomes important.
According to physics, the universe and everything in it can be explained b... |
ba7bb37931b53f45832cb2eb8a1d00e2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/06/03/ask-ethan-how-many-black-holes-are-there-in-the-universe/ | Ask Ethan: How Many Black Holes Are There In The Universe? | Ask Ethan: How Many Black Holes Are There In The Universe?
Although we've seen black holes directly merging three separate times in the Universe, we know many... [+] more exist. Here's where they must be. LIGO/Caltech/MIT/Sonoma State (Aurore Simonnet)
For the third time in history, we've directly detected an unmistak... |
97f8b5ec14d96b71b75efcb40cf2652f | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/06/15/one-critical-mission-is-now-the-make-or-break-future-for-nasa-earth-science/ | One Critical Mission Is Now The Make-Or-Break Future For NASA Earth Science | One Critical Mission Is Now The Make-Or-Break Future For NASA Earth Science
The Earth and Sun, not so different from how they might have appeared 4 billion years ago. Yet daily... [+] or even hourly changes can tell us incredible information about near-term environmental and ecological threats to our world. NASA/Terry... |
aeb190baa358e1e1b947fa44a86a07ec | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/06/20/from-wartime-devastation-to-academic-discrimination-cecile-dewitt-morette-overcame-it-all/ | From Wartime Devastation To Academic Discrimination, Cecile DeWitt-Morette Overcame It All | From Wartime Devastation To Academic Discrimination, Cecile DeWitt-Morette Overcame It All
Cecile DeWitt-Morette at her desk in her office in R.L. Moore Hall. University of Texas at Austin, News and Information Service / L. Murphy
French-American mathematical physicist Cécile DeWitt-Morette, who died on May 8 at the ag... |
40d955c9c5083f378c4c27e9e10dfe24 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/06/26/how-quickly-are-the-pillars-of-creation-being-destroyed/ | How Quickly Are The Pillars Of Creation Being Destroyed? | How Quickly Are The Pillars Of Creation Being Destroyed?
The Eagle Nebula contains thousands of new stars, a brilliant central star cluster, and various... [+] evaporating gaseous globules containing active star formation and brilliant young stars of their own. NASA / ESA & Hubble; WikiSky tool
The Eagle Nebula is a l... |
c540375e0df773ac49edd9629415adbb | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/06/27/seven-things-you-must-anticipate-for-the-2017-solar-eclipse/ | Seven Things To Expect From The 2017 Solar Eclipse | Seven Things To Expect From The 2017 Solar Eclipse
For the first time in almost 40 years, the path of the moon's shadow passes through the continental... [+] United States. This visualization shows the Earth, moon, and sun at 17:05:40 UTC during the eclipse. NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
On August 21st, 2017,... |
b1f5d0ca4426543232f663686a1b78a3 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/07/is-it-possible-to-pull-something-out-of-a-black-hole/ | Is It Possible To Pull Something Out Of A Black Hole? | Is It Possible To Pull Something Out Of A Black Hole?
In a Schwarzschild black hole, falling in leads you to the singularity, and darkness. But in a... [+] charged, Reissner-Nordstrom black hole, the light can eventually catch up to you as you fall in, tunneling you to another location in the Universe. Unfortunately, R... |
011dc51cba87e4c18da666eab149686c | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/10/jupiters-great-red-spot-gets-its-first-ever-close-up-today/ | Jupiter's Great Red Spot Gets Its First-Ever Close Up Today | Jupiter's Great Red Spot Gets Its First-Ever Close Up Today
The Great Red Spot on Jupiter, as imaged from Voyager 1 in 1979. This was the closest view of the... [+] Great Red Spot ever obtained, but the Juno spacecraft will get approximately 20 times closer than Voyager 1 ever did. NASA / Voyager 1
Jupiter is the Sola... |
159b4eb6eb638df001d39b0e8dcf0800 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/12/first-nasa-juno-missions-close-ups-of-the-great-red-spot-are-here/ | First NASA Juno Mission's Close-Ups Of The Great Red Spot Are Here! | First NASA Juno Mission's Close-Ups Of The Great Red Spot Are Here!
Details in the Great Red Spot that have never been seen before are now visible, thanks to the first... [+] images available from Juno's seventh PeriJove flyby of Jupiter. NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS; processing by Ethan Siegel
NASA's Juno mission... |
2bbfb0c8eae9da88c80b0ea0ee5aa514 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/12/first-particle-successfully-quantum-teleported-into-space-are-transporters-next/ | First Particle Successfully Quantum Teleported Into Space; Are Transporters Next? | First Particle Successfully Quantum Teleported Into Space; Are Transporters Next?
Three members of the Star Trek crew beaming down off the ship. If a planet-to-ship transport of... [+] quantum information has been successful, could human beings be next? CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
The idea of teleportation has been... |
a553cb4e95ed1ad964ce848f76b35d89 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/14/11-scientific-advances-of-the-past-100-years-gave-us-our-entire-universe/ | 11 Scientific Advances Of The Past 100 Years Gave Us Our Entire Universe | 11 Scientific Advances Of The Past 100 Years Gave Us Our Entire Universe
The SDSS view in the infrared - with APOGEE - of the Milky Way galaxy as viewed towards the center.... [+] 100 years ago, this was our conception of the entire Universe. Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Exactly 100 years ago, our conception of the Univer... |
3e459ceaf60ee1ddd06f07056986aac4 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/17/five-eclipse-sights-to-marvel-at-during-totality/ | Five Eclipse Phenomena You'll See Better With A Camera Than Your Eyes | Five Eclipse Phenomena You'll See Better With A Camera Than Your Eyes
A wide-angle, long-exposure view of a total solar eclipse can reveal incredible features that are... [+] otherwise invisible during the day. These features include background stars, plasma loops on the Sun, the solar corona extending a great distance... |
bc55ffe73a1a7fb61d169940da4aeaa6 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/18/was-our-universe-born-chaotically/ | Was Our Universe Born In Chaos? | Was Our Universe Born In Chaos?
An illustration of the early Universe as consisting of quantum foam, where quantum fluctuations are... [+] large, varied and important on the smallest of scales. NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
One of the longstanding questions in cosmology involves whether or not the universe has always been roughly ... |
445f1e252a9d7c2e9c018c8ba0f5b275 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/20/game-of-thrones-home-world-could-actually-exist-says-science/ | 'Game Of Thrones' Home World Could Actually Exist, Says Science | 'Game Of Thrones' Home World Could Actually Exist, Says Science
Binary stars with planets around them are common, but if the world containing Westeros orbited a... [+] binary planet, particularly if those planets were much more massive than it itself, physics can give us the orbits we need. Stuart Littlefair / Univers... |
6d8b44e021469a208b2b96d0f12f9dfc | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/21/eight-other-worlds-in-our-solar-system-might-have-life-beyond-earth/ | Eight Other Worlds In Our Solar System Might Have Life Beyond Earth | Eight Other Worlds In Our Solar System Might Have Life Beyond Earth
An artist's rendition of a potentially habitable exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star. But we might... [+] not have to find another Earth-like world to find life; our own solar system may have all the ingredients we need. NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech
In all th... |
6a9134f5b8f191fc2a9989b3b426d501 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/26/heartlands-6-reasons-to-be-a-climate-change-skeptic-are-six-demonstrable-lies/ | Heartland's '6 Reasons To Be A Climate-Change Skeptic' Are Six Demonstrable Falsehoods | Heartland's '6 Reasons To Be A Climate-Change Skeptic' Are Six Demonstrable Falsehoods
With over 7 inches of global sea level rise since 1900 (and today’s rise occurring even faster), the... [+] potential for storm surges and flooding is higher than ever. Shown here is Bayside Picnic Area, in the aftermath of Hurricane... |
196f0c17729a267b71bbd36c7bc95e13 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/27/the-sights-safety-and-science-of-the-great-american-eclipse/ | The Sights, Safety And Science Of The Great American Eclipse | The Sights, Safety And Science Of The Great American Eclipse
The shadow of the moon falls on Earth as seen from the International Space Station during the March... [+] 29, 2005 solar eclipse. NASA / ISS / Expedition 12
On Aug. 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will occur on Earth, traveling across the United States, coa... |
3162fc00db898f22878cb0d6d0c53f85 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/29/ask-ethan-does-light-always-move-at-the-same-speed/ | Ask Ethan: Does Light Always Move At The Same Speed? | Ask Ethan: Does Light Always Move At The Same Speed?
A multiwavelength view of the galactic center shows stars, gas, radiation and black holes, among... [+] other sources. But the light coming from all of these sources, from gamma rays to visible to radio light, always moves at the same speed through empty space: the s... |
5b86db96f8fab6cbf7b729084b0938cd | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/31/universes-largest-black-hole-may-have-an-explanation-at-last/ | Universe's Largest Black Hole May Have An Explanation At Last | Universe's Largest Black Hole May Have An Explanation At Last
An ultra-distant quasar showing plenty of evidence for a supermassive black hole at its center. How... [+] that black hole got so massive so quickly is a topic of contentious scientific debate, but may have an answer that fits within our standard theories. ... |
7cf47e60f2bcc670e014aef357b1ce96 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/03/ripples-in-spacetime-from-einstein-to-ligo-and-beyond/ | Ripples In Spacetime: From Einstein To LIGO And Beyond | Ripples In Spacetime: From Einstein To LIGO And Beyond
The fabric of spacetime, illustrated, with ripples and deformations due to mass. A new theory must... [+] be more than identical to General Relativity; it must make novel, distinct predictions.
For a scientist, it's hard to imagine anything more exciting than being... |
c2154f5eb3bdd4cacac77061f374cb63 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/05/ask-ethan-whats-the-quantum-reason-that-sodium-and-water-react/ | Ask Ethan: What's The Quantum Reason That Sodium And Water React? | Ask Ethan: What's The Quantum Reason That Sodium And Water React?
Placing a chunk of sodium metal in contact with water results in a violent, and often explosive,... [+] reaction. Wikimedia Commons user Tavoromann
Sometimes, we learn things early on in life, and simply accept that's how the world works. Drop a chunk o... |
648e8f82bda1342256a7f35c56bac66e | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/08/nasas-planetary-protection-officer-protects-other-worlds-from-earth/ | NASA's 'Planetary Protection Officer' Protects Other Worlds From Earth | NASA's 'Planetary Protection Officer' Protects Other Worlds From Earth
The process of sterilizing spacecraft before they are launched to another world -- typically 'dry... [+] heat sterilization,' as applied here -- is regarded as the gold standard in keeping other worlds safe from Earth-based contamination. NASA
It s... |
bcb3444c3810ab53801ce384fa80b41d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/09/milky-way-houses-up-to-100-million-black-holes-with-big-implications-for-ligo/ | Milky Way Houses Up To 100 Million Black Holes, With Big Implications For LIGO | Milky Way Houses Up To 100 Million Black Holes, With Big Implications For LIGO
This illustration of a black hole, surrounded by X-ray emitting gas, showcases one of the major ways... [+] black holes are identified and found. Based on recent research, there may be as many as 100 million black holes in the Milky Way gala... |
301c44796ab91dc6346a9f47596fd733 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/10/humans-cant-tell-legitimate-science-from-junk-science/ | Humans Can't Tell Legitimate Science From Junk Science | Humans Can't Tell Legitimate Science From Junk Science
The idea of traveling back in time has long fascinated humans, such as in Back To The Future's... [+] Delorean DMC-12. But claims that we've done it, like claims of perpetual motion, are the work of charlatans, not bona fide scientists. Ed g2s of Wikimedia Commons... |
2709ec79dac84ef9c183fee76fdf4d9a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/11/the-comet-that-created-the-perseids-might-bring-an-end-to-humanity/ | The Comet That Created The Perseids Might Bring An End To Humanity | The Comet That Created The Perseids Might Bring An End To Humanity
A planetoid colliding with Earth, analogous (but larger and slower-moving) than an impact between... [+] Swift-Tuttle and Earth would be. NASA / Don Davis
Every object in our Solar System that takes the plunge from out beyond Neptune to our inner reach... |
0e01bf9eae280080afce8a218358fa30 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/12/ask-ethan-where-does-quantum-uncertainty-come-from/ | Ask Ethan: Where Does Quantum Uncertainty Come From? | Ask Ethan: Where Does Quantum Uncertainty Come From?
The quantum nature of the Universe tells us that certain quantities have an inherent uncertainty... [+] built into them, and that pairs of quantities have their uncertainties related to one another. NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
If you want to know where something is, you just m... |
5aeb5357d70c6273bb0596cb43b7b207 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/16/why-you-cant-see-the-moon-during-a-total-solar-eclipse/ | Why You Can't See The Moon During A Total Solar Eclipse | Why You Can't See The Moon During A Total Solar Eclipse
Immediately following the first moments of totality, the sky will darken and the Sun's corona will... [+] appear. But the Moon that blocks the Sun will still remain invisible. © 2008 Hana Druckmüllerová
The moments of totality during an eclipse are something rare... |
e90e86f2c1a66447b959f59ee936b016 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/17/voyagers-cosmic-map-of-earths-location-is-hopelessly-wrong/ | Voyager's 'Cosmic Map' Of Earth's Location Is Hopelessly Wrong | Voyager's 'Cosmic Map' Of Earth's Location Is Hopelessly Wrong
The gold-plated aluminum cover (L) of the Voyager golden record (R) both protects it from... [+] micrometeorite bombardment and also provides a key to playing it and deciphering Earth's location. NASA
Forty years ago, the Voyager spacecrafts were launched,... |
b883ea58ea7d0e73ec8c9ba3d0f6ab00 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/21/the-hottest-stars-in-the-universe-are-all-missing-one-key-ingredient/ | The Hottest Stars In The Universe Are All Missing One Key Ingredient | The Hottest Stars In The Universe Are All Missing One Key Ingredient
This Wolf–Rayet star is known as WR 31a, located about 30 000 light-years away in the constellation... [+] of Carina. The outer nebula is expelled hydrogen and helium, while the central star burns at over 100,000 K. ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement... |
1f3f287f08e1f84c5bcd5b2c453b9220 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/22/ten-surprises-for-scientists-and-skywatchers-during-the-total-solar-eclipse/ | Ten Surprises For Scientists And Skywatchers During The Total Solar Eclipse | Ten Surprises For Scientists And Skywatchers During The Total Solar Eclipse
The eclipsed Sun, the visible corona, and the reddish hues around the edges of the Moon's shadow —... [+] along with human beings rapt with awe — were among the most spectacular sights of the total eclipse. Joe Sexton / Jesse Angle
There's not... |
3d69396950fbae47694951a1da087ab1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/24/afraid-of-aliens-the-science-doesnt-back-you-up/ | Afraid Of Aliens? The Science Doesn't Back You Up | Afraid Of Aliens? The Science Doesn't Back You Up
The crashed X-Files' alien spaceship, used as a promo for season 10 of the show, represents our... [+] hopes and fears concerning making contact with an intelligent alien species. X-Files / Fox / Rodrigo Carvalho
Imagine what it would be like to come across an intellig... |
d329eeb10e37c796e21c3962c24dca80 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/25/science-knows-if-a-nation-is-testing-nuclear-bombs/ | Science Knows If A Nation Is Testing Nuclear Bombs | Science Knows If A Nation Is Testing Nuclear Bombs
The cloud from the atomic bomb over Nagasaki from Koyagi-jima in 1945 was one of the first nuclear... [+] detonations to take place on this world. After decades of peace, North Korea is detonating bombs again. Hiromichi Matsuda
On the international stage, there are fe... |
a6fc71d60b619f8ea112e6ef737d508a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/05/the-suns-energy-doesnt-come-from-fusing-hydrogen-into-helium-mostly/ | The Sun's Energy Doesn't Come From Fusing Hydrogen Into Helium (Mostly) | The Sun's Energy Doesn't Come From Fusing Hydrogen Into Helium (Mostly)
The Sun is the sources of the overwhelming majority of light, heat, and energy on Earth's surface,... [+] and is powered by nuclear fusion. But less than half of that, surprisingly, is the fusion of hydrogen into helium. public domain
If you start... |
31d3f969a4672c913b56e7dd4faf1c8c | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/07/the-greatest-cosmic-puzzle-astronomers-find-stars-that-appear-older-than-the-universe/ | The Greatest Cosmic Puzzle: Astronomers Find Stars That Appear Older Than The Universe | The Greatest Cosmic Puzzle: Astronomers Find Stars That Appear Older Than The Universe
In the Andromeda galaxy, the oldest individual stars are found in the galaxy's halo. However,... [+] globular clusters and random field stars may prove to contain the oldest stars of all in the entire Universe. NASA, ESA and T.M. Br... |
0720551d9287dec54e329d333216cc84 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/09/ask-ethan-how-can-a-nation-have-nuclear-power-without-the-danger-of-nuclear-weapons/ | Ask Ethan: How Can A Nation Have Nuclear Power Without The Danger Of Nuclear Weapons? | Ask Ethan: How Can A Nation Have Nuclear Power Without The Danger Of Nuclear Weapons?
In 2015, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, a nuclear physicist, accompanied then-Secretary of State... [+] John Kerry and others to meet with the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R) and his delegation, which included... |
f170a9687939928fa2aeacc2cdef7382 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/13/a-new-record-nears-the-worlds-largest-telescope-prepares-for-completion/ | A New Record Nears: The World's Largest Telescope Prepares For Completion | A New Record Nears: The World's Largest Telescope Prepares For Completion
This artist’s rendering shows a night view of the Extremely Large Telescope in operation on Cerro... [+] Armazones in northern Chile. The telescope is shown using lasers to create artificial stars high in the atmosphere. ESO/L. Calçada
If you wa... |
afc5a0cebfd28d410a757016a7b0809b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/16/ask-ethan-if-matter-is-made-of-point-particles-why-does-everything-have-a-size/ | Ask Ethan: If Matter Is Made Of Point Particles, Why Does Everything Have A Size? | Ask Ethan: If Matter Is Made Of Point Particles, Why Does Everything Have A Size?
The proton's structure, modeled along with its attendant fields, show how even though it's made out... [+] of point-like quarks and gluons, it has a finite, substantial size which arises from the interplay of the quantum forces inside it.... |
5beca5ff6d5c8954eeb88cb1155e2a7a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/18/5-things-the-world-needs-from-star-trek-discovery/ | 5 Things The World Needs From Star Trek: Discovery | 5 Things The World Needs From Star Trek: Discovery
The warp drive system on the Star Trek starships was what made travel from star to star possible. Alistair McMillan / c.c.-by-2.0
When the original Star Trek series first aired in 1966, it presented a new vision of the future, one that the world had never seen. Instead... |
73e8c952179dc8134d5948a52742cfd5 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/19/new-space-telescope-40-times-the-power-of-hubble-to-unlock-astronomys-future/ | New Space Telescope, 40 Times The Power Of Hubble, To Unlock Astronomy's Future | New Space Telescope, 40 Times The Power Of Hubble, To Unlock Astronomy's Future
The concept design of the LUVOIR space telescope would place it at the L2 Lagrange point, where a... [+] 15.1-meter primary mirror would unfold and begin observing the Universe, bringing us untold scientific and astronomical riches. NASA /... |
3215d4f213b7502832f50b1a6afd98ed | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/22/5-questions-you-were-too-embarrassed-to-ask-about-the-expanding-universe/ | 5 Questions You Were Too Embarrassed To Ask About The Expanding Universe | 5 Questions You Were Too Embarrassed To Ask About The Expanding Universe
An ultra-distant view of the Universe shows galaxies moving away from us at extreme speeds. At those... [+] distances, galaxies appear more numerous, smaller, less evolved, and to recede at great redshifts compared to the ones nearby. NASA, ESA, ... |
cfcf16623d1d0f4147dd823eae9a2594 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/25/star-trek-discovery-analysis-and-recap-season-1-episodes-1-2/ | Star Trek: Discovery Analysis And Recap: Season 1, Episodes 1-2 | Star Trek: Discovery Analysis And Recap: Season 1, Episodes 1-2
In an action-packed first two episodes, Captain Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) and Commander Burnham... [+] (Sonequa Martin-Green) have the fight of their lives in the debut of Star Trek: Discovery. Jan Thijs/CBS © 2017 CBS Interactive
After twelve years withou... |
bb3af25223593df57bfb25d221e8541b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/27/the-four-ways-the-earth-will-actually-end/ | The Four Ways The Earth Will Actually End | The Four Ways The Earth Will Actually End
A collision between two large, rocky bodies in space can be catastrophic for one or both of them.... [+] This has happened to Earth before, and will no doubt happen again. But the end of the Earth? That's happening even if something like this never does. NASA / JPL
Nibiru. Pla... |
bb4191cadbe115ed266f2bba30196bd0 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/28/is-the-inflationary-universe-a-scientific-theory-not-anymore/ | Is The Inflationary Universe A Scientific Theory? Not Anymore | Is The Inflationary Universe A Scientific Theory? Not Anymore
The expanding Universe, full of galaxies and complex structure we see today, arose from a smaller,... [+] hotter, denser, more uniform state. C. Faucher-Giguère, A. Lidz, and L. Hernquist, Science 319, 5859 (47)
We are made from stretched quantum fluctuatio... |
6ab1043ef4b6213806b5fb0d51b0f8a7 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/29/5-surprising-facts-about-the-first-galaxies-in-the-universe/ | 5 Surprising Facts About The First Galaxies In The Universe | 5 Surprising Facts About The First Galaxies In The Universe
Schematic diagram of the Universe's history, highlighting reionization, which occurs in earnest only... [+] after the formation of the first stars and galaxies. Before stars or galaxies formed, the Universe was full of light-blocking, neutral atoms. While most... |
12121fc586ed30735ea5fe7002fffa30 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/10/06/five-brilliant-ideas-for-new-physics-that-need-to-die-already/ | Five Brilliant Ideas For New Physics That Need To Die, Already | Five Brilliant Ideas For New Physics That Need To Die, Already
The 95% CL upper limits on the gluino (left ) and squark (right ) pair production cross sections as... [+] a function of neutralino versus gluino (squark) mass. This is a figure from the 'Search for supersymmetry in events with photons and missing transvers... |
eb3f38468c65b5e25591ceb3ee463e8b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/10/16/astronomys-rosetta-stone-merging-neutron-stars-seen-with-both-gravitational-waves-and-light/ | For The First Time, Astronomers Observed The Merging Of Neutron Stars | For The First Time, Astronomers Observed The Merging Of Neutron Stars
3D rendering of the gravitational waves emitted from a binary neutron star system at merger. The... [+] central region (in density) is stretched by a factor of ~5 for better visibility. AEI Potsdam-Golm
On August 17th of this year, with both LIGO de... |
780aff1061f2923d3d2eda94bdec2c36 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/11/01/5-incredible-advances-science-could-buy-with-the-governments-600b-military-budget/ | 5 Incredible Advances Science Could Buy With The Government's $600B Military Budget | 5 Incredible Advances Science Could Buy With The Government's $600B Military Budget
The plasma in the center of this fusion reactor is so hot it doesn't emit light; it's only the... [+] cooler plasma located at the walls that can be seen. Hints of magnetic interplay between the hot and cold plasmas can be seen. Nation... |
8c7967bf816f7abc70706e6c9d36458d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/11/02/what-would-happen-if-you-became-dark-matter/ | What Would Happen If You Became Dark Matter? | What Would Happen If You Became Dark Matter?
If a human being found the particles that made them up immediately converted into dark matter... [+] particles, how would things be different? Max Pixel / public domain
The human body consists of somewhere around 1028 particles, all bound together. The typical human has a m... |
0aa2b4d0f48937ce1a833065700d7844 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/11/10/professional-disagreement-over-galaxies-escalates-into-bullying-and-harassment/ | Professional Disagreement Over Galaxies Escalates Into Bullying And Harassment | Professional Disagreement Over Galaxies Escalates Into Bullying And Harassment
The overwhelmingly large brightness of the galaxies within a foreground cluster, like Abell S1063,... [+] shown here, make it a challenge to use gravitational lensing to identify ultra-faint, ultra-distant background galaxies. NASA, ESA, an... |
8a177b72d96e2be6e5f57348e0162ce5 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/11/16/scientific-theories-never-die-not-unless-scientists-choose-to-let-them/ | Scientific Theories Never Die, Not Unless Scientists Choose To Let Them | Scientific Theories Never Die, Not Unless Scientists Choose To Let Them
Although we now believe we understand how the Sun and our solar system formed, there are alternative... [+] scenarios out there that are impossible to rule out completely, as is the case in all of science. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics ... |
274a920a95c21037e578823e7cd55b98 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/11/24/five-impossible-facts-that-would-have-to-be-true-if-the-earth-were-flat/?sh=57d7a9807c4f | Five Impossible Facts That Would Have To Be True If The Earth Were Flat | Five Impossible Facts That Would Have To Be True If The Earth Were Flat
The iconic “blue marble” photo taken by the crew of Apollo 17 in 1972. NASA
From any one location on the surface of the Earth, it's impossible to tell what our planet's shape is. Having a single vantage point, even with a clear horizon, allows you ... |
b972a79c2b5cb65e81341f7532f023c2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/01/04/are-cloaking-devices-coming-metalens-shaped-light-may-lead-the-way/ | Are Cloaking Devices Coming? Metalens-Shaped Light May Lead The Way | Are Cloaking Devices Coming? Metalens-Shaped Light May Lead The Way
The ability to bend light around an object and show the background, incoming light from any... [+] angle-and-distance could become real due to combined advances in metamaterials, nanolenses, and transformation optics. University of Rochester
For as lo... |
059b44ad4143b1c94405face9b2d4179 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/01/05/how-did-the-matter-in-our-universe-arise-from-nothing/ | How Did The Matter In Our Universe Arise From Nothing? | How Did The Matter In Our Universe Arise From Nothing?
On all scales in the Universe, from our local neighborhood to the interstellar medium to individual... [+] galaxies to clusters to filaments and the great cosmic web, everything we observe appears to be made out of normal matter and not antimatter. This is an unexp... |
2ade558dd9f372a9f24cba1290c0a047 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/01/14/ask-ethan-what-does-the-future-of-science-look-like/ | Ask Ethan: What Does The Future Of Science Look Like? | Ask Ethan: What Does The Future Of Science Look Like?
This 2010 picture of three of the four known exoplanets orbiting HR 8799 represents the first time a... [+] telescope so small - less than a full-grown human being - was used to directly image an exoplanet. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Palomar Observatory
If you went back in t... |
1fe8e3c8739e20170027810dc33877c6 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/01/19/what-would-you-see-as-you-fell-into-a-black-hole/?sh=7e87bc6d8583 | What Would You See As You Fell Into A Black Hole? | What Would You See As You Fell Into A Black Hole?
While black holes are commonly shown as dark regions that appear to eat the disk-like matter around... [+] them, what you'd actually see is vastly different than this representation. Particularly if you fell inside. Birmingham Libraries
Black holes are some of the most... |
38750237d1dc0fe6686b00b25c752db6 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/02/12/the-horrible-fy2019-budget-to-gut-nasa-astrophysics-destroying-cutting-edge-science/ | Trump's Proposed FY2019 Budget To Gut NASA Astrophysics, Destroying Cutting-Edge Science | Trump's Proposed FY2019 Budget To Gut NASA Astrophysics, Destroying Cutting-Edge Science
An artist's rendition of a potentially habitable exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star. WFIRST is one... [+] of our best bets for learning more about the Universe, and the planets within it that may be similar to Earth and other Solar... |
934a5a821089aee8ae10cee02a85a15e | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/03/05/the-5-reasons-to-keep-daylight-saving-time-have-no-science-to-back-them-up/ | The 5 Reasons To Keep Daylight Saving Time Have No Science To Back Them Up | The 5 Reasons To Keep Daylight Saving Time Have No Science To Back Them Up
By changing our clocks on Sunday, we'll allegedly save daylight and improve our lives in a number of... [+] ways. Yet, by contrast, the evidence shows a vastly different outcome. Pixabay user annevais
Every year on the second Sunday in March, m... |
836eabddf5b90ee69f1bf7df2c363f80 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/03/13/space-is-full-of-planets-and-most-of-them-dont-even-have-stars/ | Space Is Full Of Planets, And Most Of Them Don't Even Have Stars | Space Is Full Of Planets, And Most Of Them Don't Even Have Stars
Rogue planets may be numerous in the galaxy, but it surprises most to learn that there are between... [+] 100 and 100,000 rogue planets for every star in our galaxy, putting the total number of planets wandering through the Milky Way at somewhere around a... |
30d66713957e4910831e29c2bfd7c15d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/05/17/astronomers-confirm-second-most-distant-galaxy-ever-and-its-stars-are-surprisingly-old/ | Astronomers Confirm Second Most-Distant Galaxy Ever, And Its Stars Are Already Old | Astronomers Confirm Second Most-Distant Galaxy Ever, And Its Stars Are Already Old
In the big image at left, the many galaxies of a massive cluster called MACS J1149+2223 dominate the... [+] scene. Gravitational lensing by the giant cluster brightened the light from the newfound galaxy, known as MACS 1149-JD, some 15 t... |
752e0bc8172f4f98a18370ee03b75a45 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/07/13/forget-alien-megastructures-new-observations-explain-tabbys-star-with-dust-alone/ | Forget Alien Megastructures, New Observations Explain Tabby's Star With Dust Alone | Forget Alien Megastructures, New Observations Explain Tabby's Star With Dust Alone
Artist’s concept of KIC 8462852, which has experienced unusual changes in luminosity over the past... [+] few years. NASA / JPL-Caltech
The science of planet-hunting has truly taken off in the 21st century, with the transit method leadi... |
86bdab2ec9398d4aaf0d0b9dc94bd9b6 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/07/16/the-pillars-of-creation-havent-been-destroyed-say-new-nasa-images/ | The Pillars Of Creation Haven't Been Destroyed, Say New NASA Images | The Pillars Of Creation Haven't Been Destroyed, Say New NASA Images
Using Chandra, researchers detected over 1,700 X-ray sources in the field of the Eagle Nebula. Two... [+] thirds of these sources are likely young stars located in the Nebula, and some of them are seen in this small field of view around the Pillars of ... |
47b49cdf309c1749bfcd86ee6fe49e10 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/07/21/ask-ethan-which-movies-get-the-science-of-time-travel-right/ | Ask Ethan: Which Movies Get The Science Of Time Travel Right? | Ask Ethan: Which Movies Get The Science Of Time Travel Right?
The “Jules Verne Train” from Back To The Future Part III. This is maybe not what Einstein had in... [+] mind when he formulated his relativistic thought experiments, but the science can be evaluated here. R. Zemeckis / Back to the Future III
The way we trav... |
3cfc7a434c3db084c968974ad61b60bd | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/07/26/theres-a-debate-raging-over-whether-dark-matter-is-real-but-one-side-is-cheating/ | There's A Debate Raging Over Whether Dark Matter Is Real, But One Side Is Cheating | There's A Debate Raging Over Whether Dark Matter Is Real, But One Side Is Cheating
This large, fuzzy-looking galaxy is so diffuse that astronomers call it a “see-through” galaxy... [+] because they can clearly see distant galaxies behind it. The ghostly object, catalogued as NGC 1052-DF2, doesn’t have a noticeable cent... |
66f60fbd57bd521d4e32568553842582 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/07/27/there-was-no-big-bang-singularity/ | There Was No Big Bang Singularity | There Was No Big Bang Singularity
An illustration of our cosmic history, from the Big Bang until the present, within the context of... [+] the expanding Universe. The hot Big Bang was preceded by a state of cosmic inflation, but the idea that all of it must be preceded by a singularity is woefully out of date. NASA / ... |
640eaba3571f72ac325572f4a8daadbc | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/08/06/this-is-what-lunar-eclipses-can-teach-us-about-the-universe/ | This Is What Lunar Eclipses Can Teach Us About The Universe | This Is What Lunar Eclipses Can Teach Us About The Universe
During most total lunar eclipses, a partial eclipse is followed by a dark red taking over the Moon... [+] from one side, with one limb always remaining brighter and whiter than the other. The partial phases, combined with the apparent angular size of the Moon,... |
bd010dbc4a5a4844691388737d89f203 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/08/07/is-humanity-about-to-accidentally-declare-interstellar-war-on-alien-civilizations/ | Is Humanity About To Accidentally Declare Interstellar War On Alien Civilizations? | Is Humanity About To Accidentally Declare Interstellar War On Alien Civilizations?
There are a great variety of stars with known exoplanets within 25 light years of the Sun, and... [+] missions like K2 and TESS will only find more. These are excellent targets for interstellar travel, but if we don't do it carefully, ou... |
0257348a35485dcbee99071fb0e5da2d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/08/30/our-motion-through-space-isnt-a-vortex-but-something-far-more-interesting/ | Our Motion Through Space Isn't A Vortex, But Something Far More Interesting | Our Motion Through Space Isn't A Vortex, But Something Far More Interesting
A depiction of the planets orbiting the Sun as they move through space is correct, but they don't... [+] 'trail behind' as certain non-scientific videos show. DJ Sadhu / YouTube
There are a lot of moving parts to the Universe, as nothing exist... |
87bba49a89ef27083ca0a3b5457e1f8f | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/08/31/modified-gravity-could-soon-be-ruled-out-says-new-research-on-dwarf-galaxies/ | Modified Gravity Could Soon Be Ruled Out, Says New Research On Dwarf Galaxies | Modified Gravity Could Soon Be Ruled Out, Says New Research On Dwarf Galaxies
Only approximately 1000 stars are present in the entirety of dwarf galaxies Segue 1 and Segue 3,... [+] which has a gravitational mass of 600,000 Suns. The stars making up the dwarf satellite Segue 1 are circled here. If new research is corre... |
36a4b83aa62fee5653178ea774716d7b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/09/13/has-the-large-hadron-collider-accidentally-thrown-away-the-evidence-for-new-physics/ | Has The Large Hadron Collider Accidentally Thrown Away The Evidence For New Physics? | Has The Large Hadron Collider Accidentally Thrown Away The Evidence For New Physics?
The ATLAS particle detector of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Nuclear Research... [+] Center (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland. Built inside an underground tunnel of 27km (17miles) in circumference, CERN's LHC is the world... |
17839cf1e3fc7530f4e65774bcc46651 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/09/21/the-physics-of-why-timekeeping-first-failed-in-the-americas/ | The Physics Of Why Timekeeping First Failed In The Americas | The Physics Of Why Timekeeping First Failed In The Americas
Oil painting by Hugh Chevins, 1955, showing Huygens and Coster with their first pendulum clock.... [+] Christiaan Huygens (1629-1693), a Dutch physicist, designed the first clock controlled by the motion of a pendulum. Huygens based his clock on the observatio... |
421b102a4a85527a806a60cb431c1d67 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/10/01/the-most-important-x-ray-image-ever-taken-proved-the-existence-of-dark-matter/ | The Most Important X-Ray Image Ever Taken Proved The Existence Of Dark Matter | The Most Important X-Ray Image Ever Taken Proved The Existence Of Dark Matter
The gravitational lensing map (blue), overlayed over the optical and X-ray (pink) data of the Bullet... [+] cluster. The mismatch of the locations of the X-rays and the inferred mass is undeniable. X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/M.Markevitch et al.; Le... |
148802edb49364a585b3dad6c1a0b182 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/10/06/ask-ethan-why-is-the-black-hole-information-loss-paradox-a-problem/ | Ask Ethan: Why Is The Black Hole Information Loss Paradox A Problem? | Ask Ethan: Why Is The Black Hole Information Loss Paradox A Problem?
Ilustration of a black hole and its surrounding, accelerating and infalling accretion disk. The... [+] initial and final states of black holes can be well-predicted, even if the loss-or-retention of information cannot, at present. NASA
When it comes ... |
8f404cf347f4955b773c1a776767cec1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/10/09/the-universe-has-a-speed-limit-and-it-isnt-the-speed-of-light/ | The Universe Has A Speed Limit, And It Isn't The Speed Of Light | The Universe Has A Speed Limit, And It Isn't The Speed Of Light
All massless particles travel at the speed of light, including the photon, gluon and gravitational... [+] waves, which carry the electromagnetic, strong nuclear and gravitational interactions, respectively. Particles with mass must always travel at speeds ... |
7a362041aa5431632ae13a15700eb8f6 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/10/18/this-is-how-we-know-there-are-two-trillion-galaxies-in-the-universe/ | This Is How We Know There Are Two Trillion Galaxies In The Universe | This Is How We Know There Are Two Trillion Galaxies In The Universe
Artist's logarithmic scale conception of the observable universe. Galaxies give way to large-scale... [+] structure and the hot, dense plasma of the Big Bang at the outskirts. Trying to figure out how many galaxies exist within the Universe is one of t... |
e6017de93eb3f2d4abf777f602f82e56 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/12/01/ask-ethan-how-do-massless-particles-experience-gravity/ | Ask Ethan: How Do Massless Particles Experience Gravity? | Ask Ethan: How Do Massless Particles Experience Gravity?
This image illustrates a gravitational lensing effect, and the multiple paths that light can take to... [+] arrive at the same destination. Given the great cosmic distances and enormous masses at play, arrival times can differ by as little as hours or as much as ... |
7b196b4540fe6e8e990ff55d30785a4a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/12/20/the-biggest-myth-about-black-holes/ | The Biggest Myth About Black Holes | The Biggest Myth About Black Holes
Black holes are regions of space where there's so much mass in such a small volume that there exists... [+] an event horizon: a region from within which nothing, not even light, can escape. Yet this doesn't necessarily mean that black holes suck matter in; they simply gravitate. J. W... |
ccb5f243ea9bfa28c42d70274e788f74 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/01/02/the-simplest-explanation-of-global-warming-ever/?utm_campaign=Random%20Shiny%20Objects&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter | The Simplest Explanation Of Global Warming Ever | The Simplest Explanation Of Global Warming Ever
Earth energy budget diagram, with incoming and outgoing radiation (values are shown in W/m^2).... [+] Satellite instruments (CERES) measure the reflected solar, and emitted infrared radiation fluxes. The energy balance determines Earth's climate.
Let's play pretend for a ... |
3fd37f244c858766fbd1ad829b486238 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/01/15/a-fifth-dimension-could-make-star-trek-discoverys-spore-drive-physically-possible/?sh=3d85c534fe25 | A Fifth Dimension Could Make Star Trek Discovery's Spore Drive Physically Possible | A Fifth Dimension Could Make Star Trek Discovery's Spore Drive Physically Possible
The USS Discovery, NCC-1031, is the first Star Trek ship we've seen to be capable of traveling via... [+] spore drive, which is faster than both impulse engines and warp drive. The idea of the spore drive may be physically possible in th... |
71a2067550b39063d855cbcac15ab03e | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/02/17/this-is-why-februarys-full-supermoon-is-the-biggest-brightest-full-moon-until-2026/?fbclid=IwAR2cbSfYRHp0rldsupSdZJ3w7yqgZu8gFxtcK2OPltFqds15vF9RI0F2UVc | This Is Why February's Full Supermoon Is The Biggest, Brightest Full Moon Until 2026 | This Is Why February's Full Supermoon Is The Biggest, Brightest Full Moon Until 2026
The word Supermoon came into popular use in 2011, where three Supermoons in a row graced the night... [+] sky. Shown here is the central one, observed over Munich, Germany. Supermoons are brighter and closer than any other full Moons e... |
b7ba42592ee123cf9b585a831e80ffdb | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/02/18/scientists-celebrate-plutos-discovery-with-a-retrospective-of-its-greatest-images/ | Scientists Celebrate Pluto's Discovery With A Retrospective Of Its Greatest Images | Scientists Celebrate Pluto's Discovery With A Retrospective Of Its Greatest Images
Pluto and Charon, in enhanced color, thanks to observations from New Horizons' Ralph/Multispectral... [+] Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC). Pluto's frozen surface and intricate features are only part of its fascinating story; an ocean of sub... |
b800192e6426c7fc1df5123a14a9d726 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/02/26/how-did-the-universe-expand-to-46-billion-light-years-in-just-13-8-billion-years/ | How Did The Universe Expand To 46 Billion Light-Years In Just 13.8 Billion Years? | How Did The Universe Expand To 46 Billion Light-Years In Just 13.8 Billion Years?
After the Big Bang, the Universe was almost perfectly uniform, and full of matter, energy and... [+] radiation in a rapidly expanding state. As time goes on, the Universe not only forms elements, atoms, and molecules which clump and clust... |
68fdd8e37bcfe63fa5b4d250e4f43cc5 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/03/12/trumps-plan-to-destroy-nasa-science-laid-bare-in-fy2020-budget/ | Trump's Plan To Destroy NASA Science Laid Bare In FY2020 Budget | Trump's Plan To Destroy NASA Science Laid Bare In FY2020 Budget
A wide-field image of the Tarantula Nebula, taken by Hubble, showcases the remnant of recent, nearby... [+] supernova 1987a and its surroundings. Whereas our combined datasets from the past 30+ years have given us hundreds of supernovae out to many billion... |
9d2490211862d290eb7221c65ab9c8f0 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/03/20/what-was-it-like-when-oxygen-appeared-and-almost-murdered-all-life-on-earth/ | What Was It Like When Oxygen Appeared And Almost Murdered All Life On Earth? | What Was It Like When Oxygen Appeared And Almost Murdered All Life On Earth?
Although our planet is thought to have had about a 2:1 ratio of oceans to continents throughout its... [+] history, there was a period from about 2.4 to 2.1 billion years ago where the surface was 100% covered in ice: a Snowball Earth scenario... |
b99d265c9235d7720a6cc4ca009b3c1b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/03/21/no-quantum-tunneling-didnt-break-the-speed-of-light-nothing-does/ | No, Quantum Tunneling Didn't Break The Speed Of Light; Nothing Does | No, Quantum Tunneling Didn't Break The Speed Of Light; Nothing Does
The transition across a quantum barrier is known as quantum tunneling, and the amount of time it... [+] takes for such a transition to occur had never been measured before. For a single electron in a hydrogen atom, that timescale has now been measured ... |
5d79c8590112d4060623d19dab62d4b7 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/04/06/ask-ethan-what-is-an-electron/ | Ask Ethan: What Is An Electron? | Ask Ethan: What Is An Electron?
This artist's illustration shows an electron orbiting an atomic nucleus, where the electron is a... [+] fundamental particle but the nucleus can be broken up into still smaller, more fundamental constituents. NICOLLE RAGER FULLER, NSF
If you were to take any tiny piece of matter in our ... |
da2bb94c1cca30a8e9b4cff81cf95302 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/04/09/this-is-what-we-know-about-black-holes-in-advance-of-the-event-horizon-telescopes-first-image/ | This Is What We Know About Black Holes In Advance Of The Event Horizon Telescope's First Image | This Is What We Know About Black Holes In Advance Of The Event Horizon Telescope's First Image
An illustration of heavily-curved spacetime, outside the event horizon of a black hole. As you get... [+] closer and closer to the mass's location, space becomes more severely curved, eventually leading to a location from wit... |
56813a2590f15857f86d9a5c47452365 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/04/10/black-holes-are-real-and-spectacular-and-so-are-their-event-horizons/ | Black Holes Are Real And Spectacular, And So Are Their Event Horizons | Black Holes Are Real And Spectacular, And So Are Their Event Horizons
In April of 2017, all 8 of the telescopes/telescope arrays associated with the Event Horizon... [+] Telescope pointed at Messier 87. This is what a supermassive black hole looks like, and the event horizon is clearly visible. Event Horizon Telescope... |
ddf96bd8c2668c6a4f7ba3eaa060cdd2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/04/15/the-two-scientific-ways-we-can-improve-our-images-of-event-horizons/ | The Two Scientific Ways We Can Improve Our Images Of Event Horizons | The Two Scientific Ways We Can Improve Our Images Of Event Horizons
The most-visualized black hole of all, as illustrated in the movie Interstellar, shows a predicted... [+] event horizon fairly accurately for a very specific class of rotating black holes. The first image revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope was at ... |
03b21ed4f5a711817ee37ef4992ad6b2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/04/25/this-is-why-quantum-field-theory-is-more-fundamental-than-quantum-mechanics/?sh=71b8733c2083 | This Is Why Quantum Field Theory Is More Fundamental Than Quantum Mechanics | This Is Why Quantum Field Theory Is More Fundamental Than Quantum Mechanics
Visualization of a quantum field theory calculation showing virtual particles in the quantum vacuum.... [+] (Specifically, for the strong interactions.) Even in empty space, this vacuum energy is non-zero. As particle-antiparticle pairs pop in-... |
a0164297e57b3f612148ce793bbe2b5f | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/05/23/could-parallel-universes-be-physically-real/ | Could Parallel Universes Be Physically Real? | Could Parallel Universes Be Physically Real?
We can imagine a very large number of possible outcomes that could have resulted from the conditions... [+] our Universe was born with. The fact that all 10^90 particles contained within our Universe unfolded with the interactions they experienced and the outcomes that they ... |
a21a266917a231d7096717e5b2f446a9 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/06/10/how-did-this-black-hole-get-so-big-so-fast/ | How Did This Black Hole Get So Big So Fast? | How Did This Black Hole Get So Big So Fast?
This image of ULAS J1120+0641, a very distant quasar powered by a black hole with a mass two billion... [+] times that of the Sun, was created from images taken from surveys made by both the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey. The quasar appears a... |
2c692da6165361bb458107cb9d385001 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/06/27/nasa-astronauts-and-satellites-capture-breathtaking-images-of-an-awakening-volcano-from-space/ | NASA Astronauts And Satellites Capture Breathtaking Images Of An Awakening Volcano From Space | NASA Astronauts And Satellites Capture Breathtaking Images Of An Awakening Volcano From Space
Raikoke volcano, which had been dormant for 95 years, erupted without warning on June 22, 2019,... [+] emitting a vast plume of ash and volcanic gases from its 700 meter (2,300 feet) wide crater. While several satellites image... |
9828e5ae8b35f7a0c3b531a975f29bdf | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/07/03/this-is-how-mastering-dark-matter-could-take-us-to-the-stars/?sh=25706f757da4 | This Is How Mastering Dark Matter Could Take Us To The Stars | This Is How Mastering Dark Matter Could Take Us To The Stars
The hyperdrive from Star Wars appears to depict an ultra-relativistic motion through space,... [+] extremely close to the speed of light. Under the laws of relativity, you neither reach nor exceed the speed of light if you're made of matter. But you might be ... |
cbb0d75e85c256d27a58fd52ddc955fd | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/07/24/how-to-prove-einsteins-relativity-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/ | How To Prove Einstein's Relativity In The Palm Of Your Hand | How To Prove Einstein's Relativity In The Palm Of Your Hand
Cosmic rays, which are ultra-high energy particles originating from all over the Universe, strike... [+] protons in the upper atmosphere and produce showers of new particles. The fast-moving charged particles also emit light due to Cherenkov radiation as they ... |
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