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Physicists push for underground testing facility

Pran Nath, the Matthews Distinguished Professor of Physics at Northeastern University, is among a group of leading theoretical physicists who have asked the Department of Energy to develop a large underground ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 12

Remnant of an explosion with a powerful kick?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vital clues about the devastating ends to the lives of massive stars can be found by studying the aftermath of their explosions. In its more than twelve years of science operations, NASA's ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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'We care about every worker': Apple CEO

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has responded to media reports alleging harsh working conditions in China for manufacturing employees of the popular gadget-maker.

Technology / Business

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (10) | comments 14

Waiting for Death Valley's Big Bang: A volcanic explosion crater may have future potential

In California's Death Valley, death is looking just a bit closer. Geologists have determined that the half-mile-wide Ubehebe Crater, formed by a prehistoric volcanic explosion, was created far more recently ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hubble breaks new ground with discovery of distant exploding star

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has looked deep into the distant universe and detected the feeble glow of a star that exploded more than 9 billion years ago. The sighting is the first finding of an ambitious ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Origin of thermonuclear supernova discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have solved a longstanding mystery on the type of star, or so-called progenitor, which caused a supernova seen in a nearby galaxy. The ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Stars pop onto the scene in new WISE image

(PhysOrg.com) -- This enormous section of the Milky Way galaxy is a mosaic of images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The constellations Cassiopeia and Cepheus are featured in this ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Fermi telescope explores new energy extremes

(PhysOrg.com) -- After more than three years in space, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is extending its view of the high-energy sky into a largely unexplored electromagnetic range. Today, the Fermi ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Satellite imagery detects thermal 'uplift' signal of underground nuclear tests

A new analysis of satellite data from the late 1990s documents for the first time the "uplift" of ground above a site of underground nuclear testing, providing researchers a potential new tool for analyzing the strength of ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The nuclear, biological and climate threat - 2011 reviewed

In this special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, experts reflect on 2011 and highlight what to look out for in 2012 in the areas of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, biosecurity, and climat ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

'Space ball' drops on Namibia

A large metallic ball fell out of the sky on a remote grassland in Namibia, prompting baffled authorities to contact NASA and the European space agency.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (31) | comments 54

China probing blast at Apple supplier factory

(AP) -- Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion over the weekend that injured dozens of people at the Shanghai factory of a supplier to Apple Inc.

Technology / Business

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research could improve laser-manufacturing technique

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers have discovered details about the behavior of ultrafast laser pulses that may lead to new applications in manufacturing, diagnostics and other research.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A galaxy cluster gets sloshed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like wine in a glass, vast clouds of hot gas are sloshing back and forth in Abell 2052, a galaxy cluster located about 480 million light years from Earth. X-ray data (blue) from NASA's Chandra ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Star explosion leaves behind a rose

(PhysOrg.com) -- About 3,700 years ago, people on Earth would have seen a brand-new bright star in the sky. It slowly dimmed out of sight and was eventually forgotten, until modern astronomers later found ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Explosion

An explosion is a rapid increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures and the release of gases. An explosion creates a shock wave.

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