Tag Archives: Physics

The Strange Myth of ‘Equality’ | Thomas Sowell

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Fernando

Thomas Sowell methodically and systematically destroys the rhetoric of liberals as it relates to “equality”, just as he does to other vacuous leftist arguments. Video: YouTube https://youtu.be/FRuH4jTji-Q

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Black hole seen for first time in image showing matter being sucked into timeless oblivion

Posted on April 10, 2019 by The Great One

What an amazing achievement!!! Just consider that the photograph of the black hole seen below was taken at the center of a galaxy that is 55 million light-years away from earth! That’s 186,282 (miles per second) x 60 (seconds) x … Continue reading →

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Hubble spots Einstein ring surrounding galaxy cluster

Posted on April 7, 2018 by The Great One

The scale of the universe is beyond comprehension. The fact that there are millions upon millions of galaxies is mind-boggling. TGO Refer to story below. Source: UPI By Brooks Hays  |  April 6, 2018 April 6 (UPI) — A new image from … Continue reading →

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Iconic Physicist Stephen Hawking Dies At 76

Posted on March 14, 2018 by The Great One

The world has lost a great mind and a great man. It truly is remarkable that Stephen Hawking has achieved such greatness considering his extremely debilitating disease. He is a testament to the fighting spirit of our species. TGO Refer … Continue reading →

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Stephen Hawking Says He Knows What Happened Before the Big Bang

Posted on March 4, 2018 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… The fact that Stephen Hawking is still alive and can continue to communicate his theories to other scientists and lay-people at large is amazing, given his condition. TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com/Live Science By Brandon Specktor, … Continue reading →

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Was Einstein Right? Single Star Will Let Astronomers Test Theory of Relativity

Posted on March 2, 2018 by The Great One

Einstein’s theory of relativity has stood the test of time; over 100 years and counting. My guess is it will once again be proven right. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Newsweek Meghan Bartels, Newsweek Later this year, a special … Continue reading →

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The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole is Proving Einstein Correct

Posted on August 10, 2017 by The Great One

If ever there was a reason for hoping that life after death was a real phenomenon, this is it. Just imagine how Einstein would feel in KNOWING that his theories were correct!  Obviously, this would also apply to countless other … Continue reading →

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CERN: Test results show more detail about ‘God particle’

Posted on September 1, 2015 by The Great One

Where would we be without science one may ask? I believe that a reasonable answer could be: still living like some of our ancestors, such as Neanderthals. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — After three … Continue reading →

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CERN scientists claim discovery of new particles

Posted on July 15, 2015 by The Great One

Science is awesome! Where would we be without it? TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By FRANK JORDANS BERLIN (AP) — A new kind of subatomic particle called the pentaquark has been detected for the first time, the … Continue reading →

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Graveyard of Stars May Surround Milky Way’s Monster Black Hole

Posted on April 29, 2015 by The Great One

Black holes, one of the many mysteries of space… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Charles Q. Choi The remains of thousands of stars might exist in a vast graveyard near the giant black hole at the heart … Continue reading →

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New evidence that dark matter could be self-interacting

Posted on April 20, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting article regarding dark matter. TGO Refer to story below. Source: ars technica Colliding galaxies suggest dark matter interacts with forces other than gravity. by Xaq Rzetelny – Apr 19, 2015 9:00pm EDT A new study examined the galaxy cluster … Continue reading →

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New clue sheds some light on mysterious ‘dark matter’

Posted on April 15, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press Paris (AFP) – Scientists on Tuesday said they had found tantalising evidence suggesting “dark matter” — the mysterious substance believed to comprise most of the Universe’s mass — may be … Continue reading →

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The LHC is being resurrected this weekend — here’s how it could change physics forever

Posted on April 4, 2015 by The Great One

The Large Hadron Collider has to be mankind’s most remarkable engineering feat. To conceive of the idea of smashing atoms, and be able to design and build such a huge, complex machine truly is amazing. TGO Refer to story below. Source: … Continue reading →

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Forget ISIS, Hackers and Money—The Universe Is About to Collapse

Posted on March 24, 2015 by The Great One

Maybe this (well, not this) but something similar, is what the human race needs to put things in perspective and have us come together as one; assuming that’s even possible. Maybe being attacked by an alien species would bring us … Continue reading →

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Cern labs finetune measurement of Higgs boson

Posted on March 18, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press March 17, 2015 10:44 AM Geneva (AFP) – Physicists at the world’s largest particle collider have made the most accurate measurement yet of the Higgs boson, which was found after … Continue reading →

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CERN’s revamped particle smasher ready to push physics into unknown

Posted on March 14, 2015 by The Great One

Where would we be as a species if it wasn’t for science? We would still be living in caves and hunting for food with primitive tools, much as our ancestors did tens of thousands of years ago. Yet here we are, trying … Continue reading →

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Big Bang, Deflated? Universe May Have Had No Beginning

Posted on February 28, 2015 by The Great One

Isn’t science great? It’s always seeking answers and never stops questioning. TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Tia Ghose If a new theory turns out to be true, the universe may not have started with a bang. In … Continue reading →

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New particle in physics may be found this year

Posted on February 17, 2015 by The Great One

Science continues to advance our knowledge and understanding of the universe. Meanwhile, religion has no answers; seeks no answers. Why should it, it started out with the “answers” millennia ago. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press  February 15, … Continue reading →

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Oldest Stars in the Universe Actually Younger Than Previously Thought

Posted on February 7, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting… This is the beauty of science, it is always seeking the facts and in doing so often makes corrections to prior data/information. It doesn’t start out with answers and then fits those answers to our world; as religion does. It … Continue reading →

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Lawrence Krauss: How the Universe Became Something out of Nothing

Posted on December 27, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting, but then again, the speaker is a scientist, not a theologian. TGO Video: YouTube  

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A Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Posted on December 27, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting and informative conversation. TGO Video: YouTube  

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Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science, Religion and the Universe | Moyers & Company

Posted on December 26, 2014 by The Great One

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a fascinating man. If interested, go ahead and view the video below. TGO Video: YouTube  

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The Science of ‘Interstellar’: Black Holes, Wormholes and Space Travel

Posted on November 11, 2014 by The Great One

Sounds like an interesting flick, if you’re into that sort of thing – you know, the universe, time travel, black holes, etc. TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall  The sci-fi epic “Interstellar” is just a movie, … Continue reading →

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What is the Chaos Theory?

Posted on October 26, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Investopedia By: Bob Schneider AAA | The chaos theory is a complicated and disputed mathematical theory that seeks to explain the effect of seemingly insignificant factors. The chaos theory name originates from … Continue reading →

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Stephen Hawking Says ‘God Particle’ Could Wipe Out the Universe

Posted on September 9, 2014 by The Great One

Super-interesting stuff… While a great deal of what I read pertaining to the universe is “over my head” (no pun intended) as I am not an astronomer or physicist, it is still fascinating nonetheless… TGO Refer to story below. Source: … Continue reading →

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Higgs quest deepens into realm of ‘New Physics’

Posted on July 2, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By Mariette Le Roux  Paris (AFP) – Two years after making history by unearthing the Higgs boson, the particle that confers mass, physicists are broadening their probe into its identity, … Continue reading →

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Universe Shouldn’t Be Here, According to Higgs Physics

Posted on June 24, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Tia Ghose, Staff Writer  Modeling of conditions soon after the Big Bang suggests the universe should have collapsed just microseconds after its explosive birth, the new study suggests. “During the … Continue reading →

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Particle physics: Experiments give shape to Higgs

Posted on June 23, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press Paris (AFP) – Physicists on Sunday said they had learned more about the identity of the Higgs Boson, the elusive particle whose ground-breaking discovery was announced nearly two years ago. … Continue reading →

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Dark Matter and Dark Energy Mysteries: Do Neutrons Hold the Key?

Posted on May 7, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com Contributor  Neutrons bouncing in Earth’s gravity are helping to shed light on two of the greatest mysteries in the universe, dark matter and dark energy, researchers … Continue reading →

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Elusive ‘Exotic Hadron’ Particles Confirmed

Posted on April 15, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience The existence of exotic hadrons — a type of matter that doesn’t fit within the traditional model of particle physics — has now been confirmed, scientists say. Hadrons are subatomic particles … Continue reading →

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Does Dark Energy Spring From the ‘Quantum Vacuum?’

Posted on April 1, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall, Senior Writer  Observations of Planck and other satellites help to solve the equation of the state of dark energy. The mysterious dark energy that’s driving the universe’s accelerated … Continue reading →

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Is the Big Bang in the Bible?

Posted on March 24, 2014 by The Great One

Oh boy, here we go… I knew I would be treated to some wild and crazy assertions, because whenever scientific issues are compared to biblical dogma, nothing but manure is spewed. And I was right… Ken Ham, Hugh Ross and … Continue reading →

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Astronomers discover echoes from expansion after Big Bang

Posted on March 18, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Irene Klotz and Sharon Begley March 17, 2014 5:40 PM NEW YORK (Reuters) – Astronomers announced on Monday that they had discovered what many consider the holy grail of their … Continue reading →

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Story of the Biggest Experiment in History Caught on Film

Posted on March 4, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Tanya Lewis, Staff Writer  On July 4, 2012, scientists around the world waited with bated breath for the announcement that the long-awaited Higgs boson particle had been discovered. The finding … Continue reading →

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Structure of ‘Baby Milky Way’ Galaxy Seen for the First Time

Posted on February 4, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor Astronomers have gotten their first clear look at galaxy in the very early universe that could have evolved into a structure somewhat like the Milky … Continue reading →

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Dark Matter Near Earth Peaks Every March, New Study Suggests

Posted on January 7, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Scientific American By Clara Moskowitz January 6, 2014 6:30 AM Billions of particles of invisible “dark matter” are probably flying through your body right now, passing through the spaces between your atoms … Continue reading →

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Bizarre Physics, Exomoons and Humanoids: Science Wishes for 2014

Posted on January 1, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Stephanie Pappas, Senior Writer December 31, 2013 8:31 AM Science breakthroughs in the past year include the discovery of new planets far beyond Earth’s solar system, the confirmation of an … Continue reading →

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Higgs boson, key to the universe, wins Nobel physics prize

Posted on October 8, 2013 by The Great One

Awesome!!! Interesting, isn’t it, how on the one hand there are scientists always pushing the envelope of human knowledge and our understanding of the universe, and on the other there are mental midgets with their superstitious religious beliefs, hell-bent on … Continue reading →

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A Second Higgs Boson? Physicists Debate New Particle

Posted on April 14, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer | LiveScience.com – Sat, Apr 13, 2013 DENVER — The discovery of the Higgs boson is real. But physicists are cagey about whether the new … Continue reading →

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Space Bursts Provide Insight to Theory of Everything

Posted on December 8, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Nola Taylor Redd | SPACE.com Light from some of the universe’s most energetic explosions is allowing scientists to probe the nature of space-time, according to new observations of so-called gamma-ray … Continue reading →

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Elusive Dark Energy Is Real, Study Says

Posted on September 13, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below: Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com Dark energy, the mysterious substance thought to be accelerating the expansion of the universe, almost certainly exists despite some astronomers’ doubts, a new study says. After … Continue reading →

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Ingredients for Big Black Holes Detected in Milky Way’s Core

Posted on August 23, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Charles Q. Choi | SPACE.com Scientists investigated our galaxy’s central molecular zone, which contains the most massive, densest, and most turbulent molecular clouds in the Milky Way. These surround the … Continue reading →

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Black Holes: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong

Posted on August 3, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Clara Moskowitz | SPACE.com If most people know one thing about black holes, they probably know that nothing can escape from them, not even light. Yet this most basic tenet … Continue reading →

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A closer look at the Higgs boson

Posted on July 4, 2012 by The Great One

More interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By FRANK JORDANS | Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Scientists working at the world’s biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle that … Continue reading →

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How Does the Higgs Particle Give Things Mass?

Posted on July 4, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Live Science By Natalie Wolchover | LiveScience.com – Tue, Jul 3, 2012 The infamous Higgs particle has a weighty task: It grants all the other elementary particles their mass. Without it, they — we … Continue reading →

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Einstein was right, neutrino researchers admit

Posted on June 8, 2012 by The Great One

The scientific method in action… And once again The Great One, Albert Einstein, is proven right. He truly was a genius in every sense of the word. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press AFP Scientists on Friday said … Continue reading →

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Pulsing Stars Could Probe Space-Time Around Black Holes

Posted on April 13, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor, Space.com | SPACE.com If a pulsing star exists near the center of our Milky Way galaxy, where a giant black hole is thought to lurk, … Continue reading →

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Pat Condell: God or nothing

Posted on January 11, 2012 by The Great One

More reason and commons sense; both of which are foreign to religious people… TGO Video: YouTube

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Biggest Map Yet of Universe’s Invisible Dark Matter Unveiled

Posted on January 10, 2012 by The Great One

Fascinating stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor Space.com | SPACE.com AUSTIN, Texas — The hidden side of the universe is now a bit more illuminated thanks to the largest map yet … Continue reading →

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Hawking too ill to make 70th birthday celebration

Posted on January 8, 2012 by The Great One

The accomplishments of Stephen Hawking in the field of physics and astronomy are truly remarkable. But when considering that he has made these contributions to science with his physical impairments make his achievements all the more incredible. TGO Refer to … Continue reading →

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