News articles tagged with 'gravitational'
LIGO listens for gravitational echoes of the birth of the universe
— 20 Aug 2009 12:52 | AstronomyAn investigation by the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration has significantly advanced our understanding... — full story
Cosmic dance helps galaxies lose weight
— 30 Jul 2009 09:20 | AstronomyA study published this week in the journal Nature offers an explanation for the origin of dwarf spheroidal galaxies. The research may settle an outstanding puzzle in understanding galaxy... — full story
Testing relativity in the laboratory
— 20 Jul 2009 21:12 | AstronomyEven Albert Einstein might have been impressed. His theory of general relativity, which describes how the gravity of a massive object, such as a star, can curve space and time, has... — full story
Quantum goes massive
— 16 Jul 2009 03:21 | PhysicsAn astrophysics experiment in America has demonstrated how fundamental research in one subject area can have a profound effect on work in another as the instruments used for the Laser... — full story
New definition could further limit habitable zones around distant suns
— 11 Jun 2009 09:12 | AstronomyAs astronomers gaze toward nearby planetary systems in search of life, they are focusing their attention on each system's habitable zone, where heat radiated from the star is just right... — full story
Star crust 10 billion times stronger than steel, IU physicist finds
— 6 May 2009 17:50 | AstronomyResearch by a theoretical physicist at Indiana University shows that the crusts of neutron stars are 10 billion times stronger than steel or any other of the earth's strongest metal... — full story
NIST super-sensors to measure 'signature' of inflationary Universe
— 3 May 2009 14:31 | TechnologyWhat happened in the first trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Super-sensitive microwave detectors, built at the National Institute of Standards... — full story
Missing planets attest to destructive power of stars' tides
— 28 Apr 2009 10:49 | AstronomyDuring the last two decades, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. New research indicates they might have found even more except for one... — full story
Duke physicists see the cosmos in a coffee cup
— 15 Apr 2009 02:42 | PhysicsA Duke University professor and his graduate student have discovered a universal principle that unites the curious interplay of light and shadow on the surface of your morning coffee... — full story
Weizmann Institute scientists observe the largest exploding star yet seen
— 23 Mar 2009 13:58 | AstronomyScientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and San Diego State University managed to observe a super-sized supernova explosion from start to finish, including the black hole... — full story