Maybe not today, maybe not a year from now and not even 50 years from now, but eventually the Earth may witness a catastrophic event. It may even be the dreaded apocalypse for some in the vast universe. So, sit back, take a breath and enjoy your home planet. Life…
It is a well-known fact that if you fall into a black hole, there is no possibility of escaping from it. Such a fall will immediately lead to the disintegration of your body due to strong tension forces. But there are now some ideas about the possibility of living in a…
Black holes make for a perplexing subject matter, don’t you think! Questioning reality and the physical form take us further into these enigmas, shedding light on new ideas. The magic of black holes So, what’s the big deal anyway? What is so interesting about this subject? Black holes are interesting…
Did you know that in the center of our galaxy exists what is basically a ruthless vacuum in space and time? That's right, our entire galaxy, like many other large galaxies, rotates around a black hole. It is not impossible to speculate that the helix-like shape of the Milky Way…
Black holes may be the storehouse of information. All this talk of black holes eating information – we hope – is false. In fact, the idea that data is stored there, even better than any mechanical device or brain, is intriguing. Information is never erased and can rebuild the past through…
If it exists then it can certainly be measured and explained. Physics finds facts, or as near to facts as possible. One of the most interesting facts, however, is that physics is imperfect, as there are several unsolved problems that keep us stumped – 10 to be exact. Not everything…
If you thought the discovery of the Higgs Boson was monumental, then brace yourself. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) may have stumbled upon something much bigger than that. According to a paper in Physics Letter B, the large Hadron Collider could detect mini black holes. If this is true, it…
You have never encountered speed until you witness a hypervelocity star escaping a galaxy. In fact, the latest occurrence was the fastest event ever! US 708 apparently left its galaxy, traveling at over 4 million kilometers an hour (2.7 million mph). The popular belief is that a supernova could be…
