Tagged: astrophysics

Black holes aren’t totally black, and other insights from Stephen Hawking’s groundbreaking work - Guest Work

Guest Author • Mar 20, 2018 •

• astrophysics,
• black holes,
• cosmology,
• Einstein,
• gravity,
• information,
• light,
• outer space,
• photons,
• physics,
• planets,
• radius,
• ray gun,
• stars,
• Stephen Hawking,
• TIME,
• waves

Christoph Adami, Michigan State University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Mathematical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking was best known for his work exploring the relationship between black holes and quantum physics. A black hole is the remnant of a dying supermassive star that’s fallen into itself; these remnants contract … Read More

Remembering Stephen Hawking - Guest Work

Guest Author • Mar 15, 2018 •

• astrophysics,
• big bang,
• black holes,
• Brief History of Time,
• cosmology,
• death,
• Memory,
• physics,
• quantum mechanics,
• science writing,
• Stephen Hawking,
• tribute,
• universe

by Jean Balchin Yesterday I was incredibly saddened to hear about the passing of world-renowned cosmologist and pioneer in theoretical physics, Stephen Hawking. Here are a collection of tributes to the great man.  Professor David Wiltshire, Theoretical Physicist, University of Canterbury, comments: Stephen Hawking. Wikimedia Commons. “Stephen was the most courageous person I have known. He had … Read More

Neil deGrasse Tyson, science communication superstar, coming to New Zealand - News

John Kerr • Mar 28, 2017 •

• astrophysics,
• Neil deGrasse Tyson,
• public,
• science communication

One of the world’s most well known and entertaining science communicators is coming to New Zealand. Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson will be coming to New Zealand – for the first time ever – this July to talk life, the universe and everything. He will be performing his show A Cosmic Perspective in Christchurch (July 4) and Auckland (July 9). Both … Read More

One bubble in the great bath of existence – Brian Greene on the universe, time travel and string theory - News

Jean Balchin • Mar 23, 2017 •

• astrophysics,
• Brian Greene,
• multiverse,
• string theory,
• theoretical physics,
• time travel

Earlier this afternoon, I was fortunate enough to interview Dr Brian Greene, the renowned theoretical physicist and string theorist. Dr Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, and is recognized for a number of revolutionary discoveries in his field of superstring theory. I spoke with Dr Greene about his theories on string theory and multiverses, … Read More

Black holes are even stranger than you can imagine - Guest Work

Guest Author • Feb 15, 2017 •

• astrophysics,
• black holes,
• space

By Alister Graham, Swinburne University of Technology Our love of black holes continues to grow as our knowledge of these celestial bodies expands. The latest news is the discovery of a rare “middleweight” black hole, a relative newcomer to the black hole family. We already knew that some black holes are just a few times the mass … Read More

Kitchen Science: gastrophysics brings the universe into your kitchen - Guest Work

Guest Author • Apr 29, 2016 •

• astrophysics,
• atmosphere,
• baking,
• kitchen,
• universe

By Stephen Hughes, Queensland University of Technology This title will probably come as a surprise to you. Astrophysics concerns enormous scales of space, time and energy; kitchens are relatively small, homely places. So how can there be a connection between astrophysics and the kitchen? Have you ever dropped a just-opened plastic bottle of milk or fruit juice … Read More

From genes via markets to the big universe - Scibooks

SciBooks • Mar 12, 2014 •

• astrophysics,
• book review,
• nonfiction,
• Scibooks,
• Science

by Veronika Meduna REVIEW: What a wonderful world: one man’s attempt to explain the big stuff by Marcus Chown Faber and Faber, 2013 Marcus Chown is well known for his books about astrophysics and anything else related to the universe, but in his latest offering, What a Wonderful World, he leaves his own galactic turf to explore … Read More

“Just So Science” – The Cosmos Wanderers - Just So Science

Elf Eldridge • May 19, 2011 •

• astrophysics,
• exoplanets,
• microlensing,
• Milky Way

So the big astronomy news of today is the announcement of “Unbound planetary mass objects” around stars towards the centre of our galaxy. Now before i get too excited, I should probably mention that we have discovered large free-floating planets before (maybe) but these have been confined to large clouds of dust and gas near star forming regions – this … Read More

Space geekiness: a lecture - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • Jul 06, 2010 •

• astronomy,
• astrophysics,
• cosmology,
• Melanie Johnson-Hollit,
• radio astronomy,
• SKA,
• square kilometre array

I really, really hate it when events don’t have an online presence. I like broadcasting things.  Not to be able to do so easily, particularly when it’s something interesting, is upsetting.  I have fitlets of pique thereover.  As it were. Anyhoo, on to the point of this post: tomorrow, in … Read More