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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 4:32 pm
by Zarathustra
NASA craft ‘touches’ sun for 1st time, dives into atmosphere
The woefully misnamed craft, "Parker Solar Probe,"* flew into the sun's corona multiple times. Cool!
*[It should have been called, "Icarus," obviously!]
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 10:39 am
by samrw3
Wow that is amazing! I didn't even know they could build a craft to get that close to the sun without exploding/melting
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 9:49 am
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Physicists Discover a Remarkable New Type of Sound Wave
A sound wave that behaves like a light wave. Dunno what the uses of this might be, but interesting nonetheless.
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 6:38 pm
by Zarathustra
Wild! Now I'll probably have to upgrade my home theater again!
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:14 am
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Random Science News Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 11:40 am
by Fist and Faith
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-enviro ... 407099.amp
No details about what they think it might be, but possibly a fifth force of nature?!? That seems like a big deal.
Random Science News Thread
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 5:30 am
by RandomHaruchai
Fermilab's progress is definitely encouraging. Getting closer to bridging/merging the different theories gives me hope for someday getting out of this heliosphere. IMO, this may be be part of the solution for long distance communication.
https://www.science.org/content/blog-po ... tor-update
Would prefer to see this coming from US scientists, but the advancement would help further so many other efforts. Always wondered if we could use something like this to bolster the Earth's magnetic field during solar events. And in my less bound-to-reality moments, starship shields.
Imagine if we could mix quantum physics with superconductivity, and create highly magnetic fields far into the distance. Vibrations of EMF for communication may not be too different from the force to push micro meteoroids aside.