Thursday 11 February 2016

Opinion: Finding Beauty in the Darkness

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Einstein’s “ripples” should matter to everyone — not just physicists.










via New York Times

Silicon chip with integrated laser: Light from a nanowire

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Physicists have developed a nanolaser, a thousand times thinner than a human hair. Thanks to an ingenious process, the nanowire lasers grow right on a silicon chip, making it possible to produce high-performance photonic components cost-effectively. This will pave the way for fast and efficient data processing with light in the future.
via Science Daily

Trilobites: Scientists Chirp Excitedly for LIGO, Gravitational Waves and Einstein

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Before a big physics announcement, scientists took to social media to share their best imitations of two black holes colliding.










via New York Times

The sleeping giant NGC 4889 harbors a dark secret

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The placid appearance of NGC 4889 can fool the unsuspecting observer. But the elliptical galaxy, seen in a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, harbors a dark secret. At its heart lurks one of the most massive black holes ever discovered.
via Science Daily
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ESA congratulations on gravitational wave discovery

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ESA is thrilled to learn that gravitational waves have been detected, and is looking forward to starting its mission to test technologies that could extend the study of these exotic waves to space.


via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/ESA_congratulations_on_gravitational_wave_discovery

Out There: Physicists Detect Gravitational Waves, Proving Einstein Right

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Scientists say they heard the faint chirp of two black holes colliding a billion light-years away, fulfilling Einstein’s general theory of relativity.










via New York Times

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