As the video above will confirm, the Slinky is a rather weird toy. Its strangeness does not come from its construction, shape or function, but rather from its behavior from a purely physical point of view. When dropped, its bottom appears to hover in the air for a rather long time.
Why this happens has been somethi... |
22 December 2011
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A space mission managed by the European Space Agency (ESA) was recently able to shed more light on a complex physical phenomenon, which involves the acceleration of particles in deep-space as if inside a man-made particle accelerators. The initial stages of the process are now understood.
The ESA Cluster mission man... |
17 November 2011
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A team of astronomers announce the discovery of a massive sonic boom, a huge intergalactic shock wave, in the group of galaxies known as Stephan's Quintet. At this point, this agglomeration of 5 galaxies is on the verge of producing one of the most impressive cosmic cataclysms. The five structures are colliding ... |
13 July 2011
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Discoveries recently made with an advanced telescope indicate that filaments developing inside clouds of cosmic gas have about the same width. The measure holds true regardless of the length or density inside these clouds. The finding holds some interesting implications for astronomy.Experts were surveying nearby int... |
14 April 2011
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Recent scientific observations of a known galaxy clusters have imaged a massive shock wave structure, that is apparently a lot more massive than our entire galaxy. Data from several telescopes were stitched together to form the new view. The false-color composite image thus obtained portrays the Stephan's Quinte... |
26 January 2011
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When our planet's hum was identified for the first time, many experts were puzzled by it. Some people even went as far as to panic and call it a sign of God. Over the years, as with all the superstitions, these ideas faded away, as science progressed. Now, we have come so far in studying this ultra-low frequency... |
2 October 2009
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The commonly accepted model of our planet states that the thick core is surrounded by a massive layer of magma known as the mantle, on which the tectonic plates that make up the crust float. When these plates meet, in areas known as fault lines, they collide against each other. When these collisions are delayed, tens... |
1 October 2009
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German teenager Gerrit Blank, 14, may consider himself lucky, after being hit in the arm by a falling meteorite. Traveling at more than 30,000 miles per hour, the incandescent, red-hot piece of rock, no larger than the size of a pea, soared extremely close to the boy, rubbing against his hand, and then burying itself... |
12 June 2009
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