News tagged with giant molecules

Exoplanet aurora: An out-of-this-world sight

Earth's aurorae, or Northern and Southern Lights, provide a dazzling light show to people living in the polar regions. Shimmering curtains of green and red undulate across the sky like a living thing. New ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Cassini Shows Saturnian Roller Derby, Strange Weather

(PhysOrg.com) -- The seemingly serene orb of Saturn is in fact a gas giant with extraordinary patterns of charged particles and rough and tumble roller derbies for rings. Such are the findings of NASA's Cassini ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists Make First Observation of Unique Rydberg Molecule

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Enrico Fermi investigated the Rydberg atom in the '30s, he never imagined that the giant atoms could form molecules. Later, in the '70s and '80s, theoretical physicist Chris Greene predicted ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 0 weblog