Mar 17 2011
Gravitational Affairs: LIGO’s Little Black Box
For the last several weeks, there have been whispers of excitement surrounding possible new results from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory (LIGO).
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Mar 07 2011
Black Holes on a String in the Fifth Dimension
Considering a black hole in the fifth dimension, can it eventually become a "naked singularity"? Welcome to the bizarre world of shrinking strings.
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Feb 22 2011
Mind-blowing Video: Cosmic Zoom
This 1967 short "Cosmic Zoom" by Eva Szasz takes us on an animated, wordless journey from the farthest reaches of space to the smallest corners of innerspace.
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Feb 18 2011
You Spin Me Round Like a Rotating Black Hole
Could spinning black holes be detected by the light they're twisting? If Einstein was right, then yes.
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Feb 06 2011
Could the Higgs Be Hiding in Graphene?
Pop quiz: what does a sheet of two-dimensional carbon have in common with the early state of the universe?
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Jan 31 2011
Heat Death of the Universe
What would happen if the universe expanded indefinitely?
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Jan 06 2011
Peeking at the Edge of Galaxy Creation
Studying the signal from the epoch of reionization may help us understand some of the most fundamental questions hanging over cosmology.
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Jan 04 2011
On the Trail of Magnetic Monopoles
Fans of CBS' The Big Bang Theory might recall the Season 2 season finale, "The Monopolar Expedition," in which everyone's favorite socially challenged physicist, Sheldon, accepts an invitation to spend three months at the North Pole searching for magnetic monopoles. ...
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Dec 13 2010
The Naked Singularity’s New Clothes
Is it possible to catch a glimpse of a black hole's singularity without the associated event horizon? Well, it depends on who you ask.
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Dec 13 2010
The Naked Singularity’s New Clothes
Is it possible to catch a glimpse of a black hole's singularity without the associated event horizon? Well, it depends on who you ask.
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