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This is one of my favorite videos from Veritasium. It starts with a mind blowing experiment where Derek demonstrates the uncertainty principle with a laser and an adjustable slit – all stuff you can see with the naked eye (and, could probably set up yourself in your garage).

Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Demonstrated

Gravity is one of the primary  life forces of the universe. Without it, not only would pretty much everything cease, but the very production of everything would fall apart. No more stars, no more planets, and nothing to keep us tethered to our home planet. Floating about may sound cool for a split second, but […]

What If Gravity No Longer Existed?

The formation of  a stellar mass black hole is a very chaotic and energetic event. Really though, there isn’t much that involves black holes that isn’t chaotic or energetic. Stellar mass black holes have a minimum mass of around 3.2 times that of our sun (3.2 solar masses). I say “around” because, due to our […]

The Formation of Stellar Mass Black Holes: The Making of Energetic Destroyers

Right now, as I type this sentence, Earth’s Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the bright ball of light that is the Sun, and it’s cold here (relatively speaking). Humans have long  recorded and measured the temperature of their environment, and for good reason. Keeping constant watch on a thermometer helps us prepare for the […]

Is Absolute Zero Absolute?

This eerie bubble looks like a massive plume of fog rolling across the cosmos, but don’t be fooled, this beast won’t create a nice chill on a warm evening. The smoke-like material is actually rather hot. Amazingly hot, in fact. That’s because the sphere is composed of gas that was cast off from a star […]

Astronomy Photo of the Day: 12/22/2013

In a physical world that contains phenomena such as pulsars, neutron stars, and black holes, one would think that we have a pretty good grasp on the basics–how our universe evolves and functions; however, you might be surprised to know that some of the basics are actually difficult to discern. One of those problematic areas […]

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