The astroquarks spin around the universe, from an ancient tree’s rings providing clues to magnetic reversals on Earth to planets wandering among the stars and the first detection of the filamentary structures of hydrogen gas…
Category: Astrophysics
The astroquarks welcome Stephanie Jarmak from UCF to discuss the study of gluons, the hilariously named force-carriers that hold quarks together, Trojan asteroids sharing Jupiter’s orbit, eyeball planets and snowball planets, and more. All this…
Hurricanes are regular visitors to the Walkabout Studios at the University of Central Florida, but not to the planet Venus, whose slow rotation makes for rather dull weather. High of 900 degrees is forecast for…
Walkabout the Galaxy is the place to go for all your burning questions. For example, when a gnat flies into Jim Cooney’s mouth when he’s fishing, is that a bigger deal or a smaller one…
Supernovae come in a variety of flavors but all involve one thing: the awesomely huge explosion of a giant star. There’s a new kind of supernova, long suspected, but now with a very promising example,…