Daily Archives: July 3, 2012

A young star flaunts its X-ray spots in McNeil’s Nebula

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Deskarati

X-ray observations have revealed something curious about the young star that illuminates McNeil’s Nebula, a glowing jewel of cosmic dust in the Orion constellation: The object is a protostar rotating once a day, or 30 times faster than the sun. … Continue reading →

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FROM FOLLY BRIDGE TO GODSTOW 1862

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Deskarati

This coming Wednesday, 4 July 2012, marks the 150 th anniversary of a real-life event which led to a major happening in the literature of the nineteenth century. Two young Anglican clergymen, dons at the University, hired a boat at … Continue reading →

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Supersymmetry: The Future of Physics Explained

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Deskarati

The rumored upcoming announcement of the discovery of the Higgs boson on July 4 would put in place the last major thread of the Standard Model of physics. This might sound like the case is closed on how the universe … Continue reading →

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