Physics news

This is for General chit chat and such.
If it doesn't fit in any of the other forums, it goes here. Knock yerself out.

Post Reply
Henry J
Tv Watcher
Tv Watcher
Posts:17968
Joined:Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:21 am
Location:Colorado
Re: Physics news

Post by Henry J » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:27 am

Actually, Columbus was trying to reach Asia - the far east. He didn't make it. ;)

:lol:

Henry J
Tv Watcher
Tv Watcher
Posts:17968
Joined:Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:21 am
Location:Colorado

Post by Henry J » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:30 pm


User avatar
lswot
Tv Watcher
Tv Watcher
Posts:13710
Joined:Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:53 am
Location:California

Re: Physics news

Post by lswot » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:06 am

"After decades of careful experiment, physicists say they have found the "strongest indication to date" to prove the existence of the Higgs boson -- a subatomic particle so important to the understanding of space, time and matter that the physicist Leon Lederman nicknamed it "the God particle." "

So.......if they can't explain something they push it into this catagory? :huh:
:beamup: lswot
eccl 2:13

"A Government big enough to give you every thing you want, is big enough to take away every thing you have."
......Thomas Jefferson......

Henry J
Tv Watcher
Tv Watcher
Posts:17968
Joined:Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:21 am
Location:Colorado

Re: Physics news

Post by Henry J » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:29 am

update:

Particle 'Consistent' With Higgs Boson Discovered
The discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson has been announced by physicists from the Large Hadron Collider's CMS and ATLAS detectors.

The discovery was detailed at a major conference to update the world on the continuing efforts by CERN scientists to find the last remaining piece of the Standard Model that underpins the foundations of our Universe. The Higgs boson mediates the "Higgs field" that ultimately endows all matter with mass -- finding the Higgs is therefore imperative for physicists to understand what gives the Universe substance.

Henry J
Tv Watcher
Tv Watcher
Posts:17968
Joined:Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:21 am
Location:Colorado

Re: Physics news

Post by Henry J » Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:13 pm

Study Finds Heat is Source of 'Pioneer Anomaly'
July 17, 2012
The unexpected slowing of NASA's Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft - the so-called "Pioneer Anomaly" - turns out to be due to the slight, but detectable effect of heat pushing back on the spacecraft, according to a recent paper. The heat emanates from electrical current flowing through instruments and the thermoelectric power supply. The results were published on June 12 in the journal Physical Review Letters.
Very interesting!

Henry J
Tv Watcher
Tv Watcher
Posts:17968
Joined:Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:21 am
Location:Colorado

Re: Physics news

Post by Henry J » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:32 pm

Massive meteorite crater found in Canadian Arctic
Researchers in Canada's western Arctic have found evidence of a crater that formed when a huge meteorite slammed into Earth millions of years ago.

Measuring about 15 miles (25 kilometers) across, the formation was named the Prince Albert impact crater after the peninsula where it was discovered. Researchers don't know exactly when it was created, but evidence suggests the crater is between 130 million and 350 million years old, according to a statement from the University of Saskatchewan.

User avatar
lswot
Tv Watcher
Tv Watcher
Posts:13710
Joined:Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:53 am
Location:California

Re: Physics news

Post by lswot » Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:00 am

Seems like it was just yesterday. :huh:
:beamup: lswot
eccl 2:13

"A Government big enough to give you every thing you want, is big enough to take away every thing you have."
......Thomas Jefferson......

Henry J
Tv Watcher
Tv Watcher
Posts:17968
Joined:Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:21 am
Location:Colorado

Re: Physics news

Post by Henry J » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:21 pm

Been around a while, have you? :smile:

:chase:

User avatar
lswot
Tv Watcher
Tv Watcher
Posts:13710
Joined:Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:53 am
Location:California

Re: Physics news

Post by lswot » Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:39 pm

I thought I saw you there. :smile:
:beamup: lswot
eccl 2:13

"A Government big enough to give you every thing you want, is big enough to take away every thing you have."
......Thomas Jefferson......

Henry J
Tv Watcher
Tv Watcher
Posts:17968
Joined:Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:21 am
Location:Colorado

Post by Henry J » Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:26 pm

Nah, I didn't get out much back then.

User avatar
lswot
Tv Watcher
Tv Watcher
Posts:13710
Joined:Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:53 am
Location:California

Re: Physics news

Post by lswot » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:07 am

:lol:
:beamup: lswot
eccl 2:13

"A Government big enough to give you every thing you want, is big enough to take away every thing you have."
......Thomas Jefferson......

Post Reply