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Have you ever heard a sonic boom? Have you ever seen the shock waves that cause one? Read More »
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John Decker
Though it sounds like a major career shift to most people, going from doing plasma physics research in Boston to making graphite guitars in Hawaii has been a smooth transition for John Decker. Read More »
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Black Hole Thursdays.
Astronomers have for the first time developed a technique to view rapidly spinning disks of gas found near black holes.Their observations allowed them to confirm the that the electromagnetic spectra of these accretion disks match what astronomers have long predicted, giving a boost of hard evidence to current quasar formation theory.The team of researchers gazed into the night on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, looking through the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope. They were able to measure the spectrum of.. Read more »