NASA releases beautiful new animation of a black hole
It's a space-time-bender!
Tag: light
What light pollution is and what we can do about it
It's not like you could just flip a switch and... oh.
MIT develops programmable, color-changing dyes that you can spray on basically anything
If you've ever been envious of chameleons, rejoice! New research is bringing their color-changing properties to a dye near you. ...
New research finds the neurons that makes mice itchy
"The takeaway is that this mechanical itch sensation is distinct from other forms of touch and it has this specialized ...
The most energetic light recorded thus far hits Tibetan plateau
Gamma-ray particles trillions of times more energetic than regular light hit the Tibetan plateau.
Why is snow white?
...because it can't get a tan.
Physicists propose a new way to levitate and propel spacecraft-sized objects with light
The concept is audacious -- but it might be just crazy enough to work.
World’s fastest camera captures 10 trillion frames per second
The unprecedented scale of imaging can record even the slightest changes in the behavior of light.
SETI project uses AI to track down mysterious light source
Scientists are still in the dark but the new insights place them a step closer to the source of fast ...
Scientists have calculated the force of a photon hitting an object
It's a tiny value, but a huge discovery.
We may have just witnessed a close-by star devour the remnants of a planet
Gluttony? Tsk tsk tsk.
External temperature also influences our circadian rhythms, study reports
It's not just low light that makes us sleepy.
Light pollution from research ship makes Artic zooplankton return to the deep
A team of researchers modified a kayak, equipped it with sensors, a petrol engine, strapped it to a ship, and set ...
LED light savings backfire spectacularly as light pollution increases dramatically
Instead of consuming less, we're consuming more.
Designer Oscar Lhermitte brings the moon to your fingertips
You can't get any more lunar than this without leaving the planet.
Scientists just turned light-based information into readable soundwaves
It's like storing lightning in thunder.
What exactly is a photon? Definition, properties, facts
Let's shine some light on the matter.
Computer chip can mimic human neurons using only beams of light
Just MIT doing a bit of light thinking.
New, cheap artificial photosynthesis scrubs the air and produces fuel
Currently only works with blue light, but they're working on fixing that.
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The largest stars in the Universe (that we’ve found so far)
Here's some of the largest, plumpest ones out there.
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