It's a constant fight throughout the niches of astrophysics, which is a crucial field for learning about the universe, but one with little promise of financial return. "You feel like you constantly have to justify why you're interested in space," she said. "Nobody wants to fund private ...
“One of the most significant discoveries in planetary science and astrophysics over the past decade has been the realization that icy moons hold the largest reservoir of liquid water in our solar system,” Baptiste Journaux, research professor of Earth and Space Science at the Uni...
Answer:You are correct--science does not believe in miracles. Hawking is not talking about everyday life; he is talking about the creation of universes. I have summarized Hawking's explanation in the article. You can read Hawking's books for more details or any science book about astrophysic...
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic AstrophysicsGeneration of the B-mode of CMB polarization by background of relic gravitational wave is discussed in connection with the BICEP2 measurements. Description of the polarization maps in terms of the eigenvectors of the polarization matrix is considered....
"This is a very interesting paper and a very nice piece of good, old-fashioned detailed detective work," said Patrick Irwin, a professor of planetary physics at the University of Oxford who wasn't involved in the study, via email. "This new paper covers a longer time frame than pre...
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 471(1), 331-334. Pluto has the advantage of being known by several generations as a planet and has the staying power of being a well-known name. The average joe on the street knows next to nothing about either Eris or Ceres and is unlikely to care about them...
“The more work we do, the more it is apparent that the cause is something much more interesting than a telescope flaw,” Riess tellsLive Science’s Ben Turner. “[The] next steps are many. More data on many fronts and new ideas are ...
Here is an interesting thought that I think is in keeping with the spirit of the original topic. It is my understanding that one(of many) of the motivations for Roland to develop his triplet lens design was to provide a more economical alternative to the Japanese refractors of the day, pr...
they are very interesting, and can generate various types of radiation, including X-rays and high energy cosmic rays, as well as strong jets," says Zhang Shuangnan, the lead scientist of HXMT and director of the Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS...
Although the name Milky Way is the predominant nickname of our galaxy, it’s interesting to note that various cultures often usedifferent namesto refer to our spot in the cosmos. For example, Norwegians call it ‘Melkeveien‘, the Chinese have a name for it that literally means ‘silver ri...