“O. Hahn and F. Strassmann have discovered a new type of nuclear reaction, the splitting into two smaller nuclei of the nuclei of uranium and thorium under neutron bombardment. Thus they demonstrated the production of nuclei of barium, lanthanum,…
Category: 4. Physics
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Seeing One Example Of Merging Neutron Stars Raises Five Incredible Questions
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Why don’t we have artificial gravity in space?
“Designing a station with artificial gravity would undoubtedly be a daunting task. Space agencies would have to re-examine many reliable technologies under the light of the new forces these tools would have to endure. Space flight would have to…
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Why Neutron Stars, Not Black Holes, Show The Future Of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
“This is going to have a bigger impact on science and human understanding, in many ways, than the first discovery of gravitational waves. We’re going to be puzzling over the observations we’ve made with gravitational waves and with light for…
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