Jan 19, 2016 07:05 AM
4 cosmic phenomena that travel faster than the speed of light
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-can-...ght-2016-1
EXCERPT: When Albert Einstein first predicted that light travels the same speed everywhere in our universe, he essentially stamped a speed limit on it: 670,616,629 miles per hour — fast enough to circle the entire Earth eight times every second. But that's not the entire story. In fact, it's just the beginning....
'Inflatable Dark Matter' Could Explain Why We See Less Than Many Theories Predict
http://gizmodo.com/inflatable-dark-matte...1753598751
EXCERPT: [...] Although there is about five times more dark matter than regular matter, there is still much less than many theories about the universe predict. Any theory has to account for the present state of that universe, yet several predict more dark matter than we actually see. A new paper by Hooman Davoudiasl, Dan Hooper, and Sam McDermott appeared today in Physical Review Letters, and attempts to find an explanation by proposing what they call “inflatable dark matter.”...
Falcon 9 rocket blasts into pieces on landing
http://www.sciencefocus.com/news/watch-m...es-landing
EXCERPT: If the Tesla chief wants to fulfil his dream of reusing rocket parts after they have been galloping across the heavens, he needs to find a way to bring them safely back to earth. Landing vertically, the $61m Falcon 9 nearly made it, but topples over at the last minute because the lockout collet fails to latch onto one of the four legs. To the unskilled eye, the landing looks much better then last years attempt to land a Falcon, where the rocket simply smashed directly into the ground....
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-can-...ght-2016-1
EXCERPT: When Albert Einstein first predicted that light travels the same speed everywhere in our universe, he essentially stamped a speed limit on it: 670,616,629 miles per hour — fast enough to circle the entire Earth eight times every second. But that's not the entire story. In fact, it's just the beginning....
'Inflatable Dark Matter' Could Explain Why We See Less Than Many Theories Predict
http://gizmodo.com/inflatable-dark-matte...1753598751
EXCERPT: [...] Although there is about five times more dark matter than regular matter, there is still much less than many theories about the universe predict. Any theory has to account for the present state of that universe, yet several predict more dark matter than we actually see. A new paper by Hooman Davoudiasl, Dan Hooper, and Sam McDermott appeared today in Physical Review Letters, and attempts to find an explanation by proposing what they call “inflatable dark matter.”...
Falcon 9 rocket blasts into pieces on landing
http://www.sciencefocus.com/news/watch-m...es-landing
EXCERPT: If the Tesla chief wants to fulfil his dream of reusing rocket parts after they have been galloping across the heavens, he needs to find a way to bring them safely back to earth. Landing vertically, the $61m Falcon 9 nearly made it, but topples over at the last minute because the lockout collet fails to latch onto one of the four legs. To the unskilled eye, the landing looks much better then last years attempt to land a Falcon, where the rocket simply smashed directly into the ground....