Astronomers used the ALMA telescope in Chile to observe irregular flickers in millimeter-waves from the center of our Milky Way galaxy: the twinkling heart of the galaxy. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/alma-gaseous-disk-black-hole-milky-way…
Tag: special relativity
NASA Engineer’s ‘Helical Engine’ May Violate Laws of Physics
NASA engineer David Burns posted a paper describing the concept of his “helical engine,” which could take humans to the stars by exploiting mass-altering effects known to occur at near-light speed. Unfortunately, it’s been met with skepticism from those who say it violates the conservation of momentum, a core physical law. New Scientist explains: To get to grips with the principle…
Einstein’s Theory Predicts a Weird State of Matter. Could It Be Lurking in the World’s Largest Atom Smasher?
This mysterious matter was predicted from Einstein’s theory of special relativity, but physicists can’t seem to find it! Source: https://www.livescience.com/lhc-could-find-einstein-missing-matter.html
The black hole disk that shouldn’t exist
Astronomers didn’t expect to see a thin disk around the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy NGC 3147, some 130 million light-years away. They’re using Einstein’s theories of relativity to understand the velocities involved, and the intensity of black hole’s pull. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/black-hole-disk-shouldnt-exist-galaxy-ngc-3147…