While order often devolves to chaos, sometimes the reverse is true. Turbulent fluid, for example, has a tendency to spontaneously form a tidy pattern: parallel stripes. Though physicists had observed this phenomenon experimentally, they can now explain why this happens using fundamental fluid dynamics equations, bringing them a step closer to understanding why particles behave …
Monthly Archives: June 2019
Black Hole Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Nature’s Weirdest Creations
Black holes are so bizarre, they sound unreal. Yet astronomers have found good evidence they exist. Test your knowledge of these wacky wonders. 1. The point thought to represent the center of a black hole is known as a: Ans:- Singularity 2. The Chandrasekhar limit is: Ans:- The maxiumum mass a white dwarf star can …
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This ‘Doomsday Plane’ Can Survive a Nuclear Attack
The U.S. Air Force’s E-4B, otherwise known as the “doomsday plane” may be able to withstand the force of a nuclear detonation. This mostly windowless Boeing 747 was designed during the Cold War, and it indeed looks like a blast from the past, according to CNBC’s Amanda Macias who recently got an inside look at the plane. …
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The Science Times: Albino Panda Spotted in the Wild for the First Time
Pandas are known for their furry black-and-white markings, so wildlife experts were stunned to see an all-white panda with red eyes tramping through a bamboo forest in China last month. This wild giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is the first known albino of its kind. “Judging from pictures, the panda is an albino, 1 to 2 years old,” …
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Scientists Find Possible Traces of ‘Lost’ Stone Age Settlement Beneath the North Sea
Deep beneath the North Sea, scientists have discovered a fossilized forest that could hold traces of prehistoric early humans who lived there around 10,000 years ago, before the land slipped beneath the waves a few thousand years later. The discovery gives the researchers new hope in their search for “lost” Middle Stone Age — or Mesolithic — …
Do you Know How our Universe looks like?
NASA researchers have unveiled a new treasure map of the universe, and — thanks to a neutron-star-hunting telescope aboard the International Space Station — X-ray marks the spot. The new all-sky map, uploaded May 30 to NASA’s website, shows what the cosmos looks like in high-energy X-ray light. X-rays are among the most energetic forms of light in …
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