Weights Slide Uphill On a Frictionless Table
Have you ever tried to hang your coat over the corner of table? Unless it snags, it seems to always fall off. This question inspired two…
Category: Physics
Dust, Not Aliens, Causing Unusual Star Light on Tabby’s Star
Tabby’s Star, located 1,276 light years from Earth and named for its discoverer Tabetha S. Boyajian, created quite a buzz among…
Could Life Thrive on Radiation? Scientists Say It’s Possible
All life on Earth survives because of the sun. Plants use a process called photosynthesis to transfer energy from the Sun’s rays into the…
First detection of dark matter
Cutting-edge paper by Professor George Fraser — who tragically died in March this year — and colleagues at the University of…
Huge galaxies grow by eating nearby smaller ones
Massive galaxies in the Universe have stopped making their own stars and are instead snacking on nearby galaxies, according to research by…