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HERE'S HOW We Photographed Black Hole M87

Introduction As I am sure you have already heard, on April 10th the Event Horizon Telescope released our first ever photograph of a black hole! But are you stil...

First Ever Image of a Black Hole Revealed by the Event Horizon Project!

Eureka! Earlier today the Event Horizon Project revealed their first ever image of a black hole. For full coverage, check out their official press conference be...

My Thoughts on the Future of Particle Physics

Introduction Today while catching up on the news, I stumble across a concerning article discussing the future for particle physics. In this article, “The Uncert...

Why You Should Be Excited for the Quantum Revolution!

As you might have heard, on January 8th IBM unveiled IBM Q System One which is the worlds first integrated universal approximate quantum computer. In light of t...

Shedding Light on the Case for Dark Matter!

Introduction I would like to begin talking about dark matter! The most general description for dark matter is that it does not interact with the electromagnetic...

A Classical Proof for General Relativity! #1 The Birth of a Theorem and Its First Experimental Evidence!

Introduction I will begin sharing one of the first applications Einstein discovered for General Relativity! Even before formalizing his ideas he was successful ...

The TOTEM Experiment: Improving the Standard Model With Odderons!

Introduction I have just learned that a group of researchers at CERN collaborating on the TOTEM experiment have completed preliminary detections of odderons! Th...

Breaking Down the Michelson-Morley Experiment

Introduction The Michelson-Morley Experiment is arguably the single most significant “failed” experiment in all of physics. Not only did the experiment simplify...

Estimating the Age of Stars! J0815+4729; One of the Oldest Known Stars In the Milky Way.

Introduction On December 18th, 2017, a group of Spanish astronomers published their findings of star J0815+4729. This is very special because they may have disc...

How to Escape a Black Hole: Understanding the Event Horizon, Photon Sphere and Quantum Tunneling!

Introduction Today we will be learning about some of the critical regions around a black hole and what they entail for the fate of both light and matter. These ...

Detecting Black Holes With the Event Horizon Telescope!

Introduction Today I stumbled across an interesting read by the American astrophysicist Ethan R. Siegel. In his blog post, he described the method being used by...

A Return to Steemit and a Proper Introduction for a New Beginning!

Greeting Fellow Steemians! Some of you may recognize me for the post I created in October and November on particle physics and astrophysics. Unfortunately I had...

Investigating the Applications of Quantum Chemistry: Electron Orbitals

Introduction http://image.slidesharecdn.com/historyoftheatom-111101210639-phpapp01/95/history-of-the-atom-22-728.jpg?cb=1320183224 Quantum chemistry is an appli...

Is the Milky Way More Than Your Typical Galaxy #2: The Rate of Star Formation in Satellite Galaxies

Introduction Recently, I wrote an article about satellite galaxies and the missing satellite problem. If you happened to miss it, feel free to click [[here]](ht...

Cosmology:The Missing Satellite Problem!

Introduction While researching the next topic for my series “Is The Milky Way More Than Your Typical Galaxy” I came across something I would like to share calle...

Detecting Dark Matter: Dark Photons

Introduction Recently, I read an article discussing the current lack of success we have had detecting dark matter. I wanted to take this opportunity to take a l...

Build Your Own James Webb Space Telescope! #2: The MIRI

Today we will begin taking a look at the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) which is one of the four observing elements of the Integrated Science Instrument Module....

Build Your Own James Webb Space Telescope! #1: An Overview of the Major Components

Introduction After my recent post on what we expect to learn from the James Webb Space Telescope, I became interested in learning more about the space telescope...

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017! Just Announced October 3rd 2017! Gravitational Waves Research Takes The Prize!!! But What Are These "Einstein Waves" Exactly???

https://www.nobelprize.org/nobelprizes/physics/laureates/2017/ Rainer Weiss Prize share: 1/2 Barry C. Barish Prize share: 1/4 Kip S. Thorne Prize share: 1/4 The...

Why Should We Care About Higher Dimensions?? (How to visualize and process items using more than 3 dimensions)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkF73zv8qas This guy does an awesome job at explaining n dimensional processes as a farming problem planting crops. This video i...