Dwarf planet Eris is bereft of atmosphere, about the size of Pluto
Eris, the largest dwarf planet in our solar system, made headlines in 2006 when scientists reported that it was larger and heavier than Pluto. New measurements are suggesting that Eris may actually be...
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Ever wonder why a drop of coffee leaves a ring behind when it dries? Physicists did. In 1997, a group from Chicago came up with a theory of how it works. It turned out to be such a universal theory...
View ArticleExoplanets without a star: galaxy teems with lonely Jupiters
Seems like every week astronomers find a new exoplanet, one that's the biggest or the smallest or the hottest or most habitable. However, this week astronomers are announcing a truly unique and new...
View ArticleSelf-assembling rafts: how fire ants survive floods
Ever wonder how a colony of ants could survive a flood? Apparently the Brazilian fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, can self-assemble into hydrophobic rafts of thousands of individuals. These rafts can...
View ArticleNew tech shows Einstein wrong: we can watch Brownian motion
The seemingly random movement of Brownian motion just got a little more classical. Scientists have been able to image the ultrafast motions of a trapped particle, revealing the underlining trajectories...
View ArticleReversing the Doppler effect
Everyone has experienced the Doppler effect. An ambulance's siren has a higher pitch as it approaches you, and a lower pitch when moving away. Now, imagine that the pitch goes down as the ambulance...
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Dwarf planet Eris is bereft of atmosphere, about the size of Pluto
The 50-cm Caisey Harlingten telescope at San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, where one of the successful observations took place. (credit: Photograph by A. Maury) Eris, the largest dwarf planet in our solar...
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Beating the coffee ring effect for smooth coatings
(credit: Photograph by Jacob Gube) Ever wonder why a drop of coffee leaves a ring behind when it dries? Physicists did. In 1997, a group from Chicago came up with a theory of how it works. It turned...
View ArticleExoplanets without a star: galaxy teems with lonely Jupiters
Seems like every week astronomers find a new exoplanet, one that's the biggest or the smallest or the hottest or most habitable. However, this week astronomers are announcing a truly unique and new...
View ArticleSelf-assembling rafts: how fire ants survive floods
Ever wonder how a colony of ants could survive a flood? Apparently the Brazilian fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, can self-assemble into hydrophobic rafts of thousands of individuals. These rafts can...
View ArticleNew tech shows Einstein wrong: we can watch Brownian motion
The seemingly random movement of Brownian motion just got a little more classical. Scientists have been able to image the ultrafast motions of a trapped particle, revealing the underlining...
View ArticleReversing the Doppler effect
Everyone has experienced the Doppler effect. An ambulance's siren has a higher pitch as it approaches you, and a lower pitch when moving away. Now, imagine that the pitch goes down as the ambulance...
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