Researchers spot the first coronal mass ejection outside our solar system — it was massive
It was tens of thousands of times more massive than the ones our Sun puts out.
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The Universe’s densest stars have a maximum mass limit, researchers find
Stopping just shy of a black hole's density, neutron stars play a dangerous game.
What is mass? Baby don’t weigh me – revamping the metrology of mass
The metric system is due for a mass makeover, as scientists are preparing to redefine four basic units by the ...
Dropping weights in space to test Einstein’s general relativity
Extraordinaire experimental physicist Galileo Galilei allegedly climbed hundreds of step to reach the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa's ...
Mass of the electron re-weighed for a precision of parts per trillion
Typically in physics, your calculations and such are as precise as your use of constants. Meaning, if you have a ...
2013 Nobel prize in physics awarded to ‘God particle’ scientists: Peter Higgs and Francois Englert
Francois Englert (left) and Peter Higgs (right) Just a few moments ago, the Royal Swedish Academy ...
How much does a kilogram weigh? The struggle of keeping standardized mass constant
One of the international prototype kilograms. Since 1889, the world has used the International Prototype Kilogram ...
Neil deGrasse talks about e=mc^2
Neil deGrasse is definitely one of my heroes, and the simplicity through which he manages to explain even the most ...
