physics
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How Will NASA Get This Probe To The Sun Without It Melting?
A human-made spacecraft is finally heading to the centre of the Solar System. NASA’s first launch window for the Parker Solar Probe begins at 5:33PM AEST this Saturday, and if all goes well, the ship will then begin its journey to the Sun.
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NASA’s Sun Probe Set To Launch Next Week On Its Journey To Hell
Next week, NASA is scheduled to send human technology closer to a star than ever before. What they learn could change our understanding of, well, the whole galaxy.
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The Large Hadron Collider Accelerated ‘Atoms’ With Electrons For The First Time
You can feasibly put anything inside the world’s largest physics experiment, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, so long as it can be vaporised. You could even stick a sandwich in there. But for the first time, scientists have accelerated an atomic nucleus with electrons still attached.
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New American Particle Collider Gets Thumbs Up From National Academies Of Sciences
A proposed billion-dollar American particle collider has received enthusiastic backing from the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, according to a newly released report.