What, really, is the speed of sound?
Unlike the speed of light, this one isn't constant.
Tag: wave
Climate change has already claimed 5 islands in the Pacific
These are the first islands we've lost to climate change.
Winds and waves are getting slightly stronger around the globe
The differences are tiny but they can add up in time to change global behavior.
Scientists recreate ‘Freak Wave’ in the lab — and it looks like art
It looks eerly similar to Hokusai's 'Great Wave' print from the XIXth century.
Portugal and Spain brace for record-breaking temperatures
I don't wanna say it's global warming, but it sure quacks like global warming.
What exactly is a photon? Definition, properties, facts
Let's shine some light on the matter.
What are tsunamis and how they form
Most waves form due to winds or tides, but tsunamis have a different cause altogether.
The world’s first image of light as both a particle and a wave
We see light every day, and yet, we don't truly understand it; it's either a particle or a wave, or ...
The biggest tsunami ever recorded was taller than 500 meters
On the night of July 9, 1958, an earthquake struck Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle. The result was that ...
We now know the birth place of the biggest guitar in the galaxy
In case you're wondering, the biggest 'guitar' in our galaxy is in fact a pulsar that was nicknamed The Guitar ...
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Should Pluto be promoted to a planet again?
Is Pluto deserving of planetary status? Many high profile voices in astronomy believe so. In fact, there may be over...
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