Daily Archives: October 7, 2012

Niels Bohr – Happy Birthday

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Deskarati

Niels Henrik David Bohr ( 7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. He developed the model of the atom with the nucleus at the center and electrons … Continue reading →

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Read the last thing Ray Bradbury ever wrote: An Ode to Books

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Deskarati

Before he passed away this past June, author Ray Bradbury dictated the introduction to the 2012 volume of The Best American Nonrequired Reading, a brief essay that would turn out to be his final piece of writing. Appropriately, it’s a … Continue reading →

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This luminous time-lapse video captures star trails forming in the night sky

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Deskarati

When cameras follow the paths of stars across the sky, they capture star trails, which look like glowing record grooves and give you a sense of the Earth’s movement. Photographer Daniel Lowe spent two years collecting static images of star … Continue reading →

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A new black hole discovered in Milky Way galaxy

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Deskarati

NASA’s Swift satellite recently detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The outburst, produced by a rare X-ray nova, announced the presence of a previously unknown stellar-mass black hole. … Continue reading →

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