The Quest to Map the Inside of the Proton
[ad_1] “How are matter and energy distributed?” asked Peter Schweitzer, a theoretical physicist at the University of Connecticut. “We don’t know.” Schweitzer has spent most of his career thinking about…
Why Is Our Solar System Flat?
[ad_1] But the solar system contains more than two masses. In fact, it started as a big cloud of dust without any planets and without the sun, and every speck…
Why the Polar Vortex Is Bad for Balloon Artists
[ad_1] It’s been crazy cold this week, even down where I live in Louisiana, thanks to an outbreak of a polar vortex. This frigid air is bad for all kinds…