Tag: Gravity
How do airplanes fly? An aerospace engineer explains the physics of flight
Craig Merrett, Clarkson University
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Astronomers have found an especially sneaky black hole – discovery sheds...
Idan Ginsburg, Georgia State University
There is always something new and exciting happening in the field of black hole...
Real shooting stars exist, but they aren’t the streaks you see...
Idan Ginsburg, Georgia State University
“I see thy glory like a shooting star.”
So says the Earl of Salisbury as he ruminates about the future...
Why are planets round?
James Webb, Florida International University
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Why does gravity pull us down and not up?
Mario Borunda, Oklahoma State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
This supermoon has a twist – expect flooding, but a lunar...
Brian McNoldy, University of Miami
A “super full moon” is coming on April 27, 2021, and coastal cities like...
Could a human enter a black hole to study it?
Leo Rodriguez, Grinnell College and Shanshan Rodriguez, Grinnell College
Curious Kids is a series for...
2020 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for work on black holes...
Gaurav Khanna, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious objects in nature. They warp space and time in extreme ways and...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
