Absolute zero is no longer absolute zero
Scientists have rewritten the known laws of physics after hitting a temperature lower than absolute zero. Physicists at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Germany created a quantum gas using potassium atoms, fixing them in a standard lattice group using magnetic fields and lasers.
Ron Garan astronauta pasó cinco meses y medio en la estación espacial y tomó algunas fotos deslumbrantes de su punto de vista sorprendente.
Astronaut Ron Garan spent five and a half months on the space station and took some dazzling photos from his amazing viewpoint.
Speed of light may have been broken
Okay guys, this one is hot off the press. I’ve only found two sources for this (here and here) that have been posted in the last hour. I have to say that I immediately doubt the validity of this, but I feel I should bring it to your attention anyway.
Reports from our good friends at CERN say that they’ve observed particles traveling at faster than light speeds. For those of you who know a bit about relativity, this ain’t all that cool. The speed of light is basically meant to be the fastest speed there is, and if this wasn’t the case then we may have a major breakdown of Einstein’s theory of relativity.
The scientists at CERN have concluded this based off results in which a beam of neutrinos fired from a particle accelerator in Geneva traveled 434 miles 60 nanoseconds faster than it should have. This may not sound like much, but the error was calculated at 10 nanoseconds and the scientists themselves seem fairly adamant in their results.
Wow. (Understatement of the year.)
CERN has asked other scientists to run this experiment in order to ensure that these results weren’t an “accident.” It would be pretty wild if they weren’t…
And they’re off! Next stop is Kazakhstan in 3 and a half hours.
I hope they have a safe and happy landing! c:
Probably the most iconic space exploration photo ever. I’ve gone this long without blogging it, so here it is.
Does it even need a description?
This is my favorite photo of Alan Bean.
;)
Apollo 9 crew.
Alan Shepard in cardigan and turtleneck photobomb.
“Frequently on the lunar surface I said to myself, ‘This is the Moon, that is the Earth. I’m really here, I’m really here.’” This quote from Alan Bean, Apollo 12, is from an interview he did soon after he returned from the Moon. (via InterplanetSarah)
JUST BLAZE: One person had a unique view of this weekend’s Perseid meteor showers: astronaut Ron Garan took this photo of one of those meteors burning up in Earth’s atmosphere from aboard the International Space Station. (Photo: Garan / NASA via MSNBC.com)
Why hasn’t this been on my Tumblr yet? I have been slacking.
