Einstein killed the aether. Now the idea is back to save relativity Posted on October 31, 2019 by quaezar In News AS FAR as dead ideas go, the luminiferous aether is among the deadest. Over a century ago, it picked a fight with Einstein’s theory of relativity and lost. Few victories […]Read more Einstein killed the aether. Now the idea is back to save relativity
Vampire bat friendships endure from captivity to the wild Posted on October 31, 2019 by quaezar In News Are friendships formed with those we truly like? Or do we settle for whoever happens to be around? This question is hard to answer in humans, and even harder in […]Read more Vampire bat friendships endure from captivity to the wild
SOFIA Spots Debris from Catastrophic Collision between Two Rocky Exoplanets Posted on October 26, 2019 by quaezar In News Astronomers using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have observed an unusually warm, dusty debris disk around BD +20 307, a binary star system located 300 light-years away in […]Read more SOFIA Spots Debris from Catastrophic Collision between Two Rocky Exoplanets
Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 Posted on October 10, 2019 by quaezar In News The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 was awarded “for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos” with one half to James […]Read more Nobel Prize in Physics 2019