(Phys.org) —What happens when massive stars collapse? One potential result is a core-collapse supernova. Astronomers can make observations of such events that tell us what is happening on the surface of a star when it explodes ...
Astronomy
May 2, 2014
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American humorist and writer Mark Twain is believed to have once said, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
Archaeology
Feb 19, 2024
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Michigan State University's Seth Jacobson and colleagues in China and France have unveiled a new theory that could help solve a galactic mystery of how our solar system evolved. Specifically, how did the gas giants—Jupiter, ...
Planetary Sciences
Apr 27, 2022
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Imagine pulling or compressing a block of soft material—like rubber—equally in all directions. You wouldn't expect the block to deform much because of the nature of the material. However, in 1948, an applied mathematician ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 23, 2016
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A team of astronomers led by Dutch scientists has directly imaged a giant planet orbiting at a large distance around a sun-like star. Why this planet is so massive and how it got to be there is a mystery. The researchers ...
Astronomy
Apr 19, 2021
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An important Maya man buried nearly 1,300 years ago led a privileged yet difficult life. The man, a diplomat named Ajpach' Waal, suffered malnutrition or illness as a child, but as an adult he helped negotiate an alliance ...
Archaeology
Mar 16, 2021
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Sometimes, physics theories and constructs can also be used to study seemingly unrelated phenomena, such as social behaviors or dynamics. While human beings are not necessarily similar to specific physical particles, theories ...
January saw the biggest solar storm since 2005, generating some of the most dazzling northern lights in recent memory.
Plasma Physics
Feb 15, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Heated to extreme temperatures of up to 150 million degrees Celsius, the plasma in ITER's giant experimental fusion reactor will be fed a fuel of frozen pellets of deuterium-tritium, fired into the tokamak ...
General Physics
Nov 3, 2011
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The Sun's activity is determined by the Sun's magnetic field. Two combined effects are responsible for the latter: The omega and the alpha effect. Exactly where and how the alpha effect originates is currently unknown. Researchers ...
Space Exploration
Oct 4, 2016
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