Cherenkov radiation is a form of energy that we can perceive as a blue glow emitted when the electrically charged particles that compose atoms (i.e. electrons and protons) are moving at speeds faster ...

When stars die out, they emit gamma-ray bursts. Although scientist can calculate the explosion energy from dying stars, it is difficult to do when the conversion efficiency is low or unknown. Using ...

If you hit an atom’s nucleus hard enough, it will fall apart. But exactly how it falls apart tells us something about the internal structure of the nucleus and perhaps about the interior of neutron ...

IN a paper communicated to the American Physical Society at the New York meeting on February 29, the writer, in collaboration with Dr. F. C. Brown, showed that the part of the translational kinetic ...

Sunlight in, reflected and emitted energy out. That’s the fundamental energy balance sheet for our planet. If Earth’s clouds, oceans, ice caps and land surfaces send as much energy back up to space as ...

Due to its proximity and importance for maintaining life on Earth, the Sun is the star astrophysicists have researched the most. However, the Sun’s status as a preferred object of study doesn’t mean ...