Physics
After 69 Years, Second Oldest Pitch Drop Experiment Observes Drop
After 69 years, the pitch has finally dropped
Scientists Get Best View Yet of the Structure of Glass
The amorphous solid holds many mysteries, but a new study using a high-powered microscope shows that atoms in glass are organized into distorted shapes
Weird Blips Randomly Change the Length of Earth’s Days for Months on End
Three times in the past decade the length of the day has jumped
For the First Time, NASA Took a Photo of the Sun’s Tail
Stretched by the interstellar medium, the Sun's tail stretches far behind us
When the Sun Gets Violent, It Shoots Antimatter at the Earth
When it casts a solar flare, the Sun also launches antimatter
These Contact Lenses Can Zoom In and Out, Give You Telescopic Vision
These contact lenses can switch your vision back and forth from regular sight to a 2.8x zoom
How the Higgs Boson Was Found
Before the elusive particle could be discovered—a smashing success—it had to be imagined
Can We Power a Space Mission To An Exoplanet?
Ion engines, solar sails, antimatter rockets, nuclear fusion--several current and future technologies could someday help us fuel an interstellar journey
One of Our Nearest Neighbor Stars Has At Least Six Planets, And Three May Be Habitable
Three potentially habitable planets orbit a star just 22 light years away
How a Physics Diagram Was Named After a Penguin
1977 Ellis made a bet with a student, Melissa Franklin, and lost. The result can be seen in physics classrooms all over the world: the penguin diagram
All of Facebook Could Fit on 100 of These Futuristic DVDs
This new DVD could probably hold every file you've ever made
The Unique Vibrations of Your Skull Affect How You Hear Music
Your skull bones interact with sound waves to change the way you hear music
How to Convert X-Rays From A Distant Star into Blues, Jazz and Classical Music
A vision-impaired scientist, her coworker, and a composer team up to transform light bursts from stars into rhythms and melodies
World’s Newest Atomic Clock Loses 1 Second Every 50 Billion Years
Tired of your clocks losing time? A new clock, which is the most accurate ever, uses ytterbium atoms and lasers to precisely define a second
The Unclear Fate of Nuclear Power
Two years after the accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi, can the nuclear renaissance regain its momentum?
Heinrich Rohrer, Father of Nanotechnology, Dies at 79
Heinrich Rohrer, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics, passed away last week at the age of 79
Barns Are Painted Red Because of the Physics of Dying Stars
Have you ever noticed that almost every barn you have ever seen is red? Here's why.
Could Lightning Come From Space?
Cosmic rays may cause a "runaway breakdown" of electrons when they collide with highly charged particles in thunderclouds
Scientists Just Recorded the Brightest Explosion We’ve Ever Seen
We just saw the longest, brightest, most powerful version of the universe's most massive explosions
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