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by rosettastoned
Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:12 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: BBC: Neutrino Particle Breaks the Speed of Light
Replies: 68
Views: 16212

Re: BBC: Neutrino Particle Breaks the Speed of Light

Merci Neufer! Clear answers to muddy questions eheh A year or two ago I would've hardly known what a neutrino was, but thanks to good people like you I now know..and then some :) I have some more questions then, about the three types of neutrinos and how they can possibly change mass etc, but I'll m...
by rosettastoned
Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:06 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: BBC: Neutrino Particle Breaks the Speed of Light
Replies: 68
Views: 16212

Re: BBC: Neutrino Particle Breaks the Speed of Light

lol or in AZ without proper papers..ahem Now forgive me if I have misunderstood something, but since the neutrinos actually has mass (although a very tiny one), wouldn't it have been big news even if they 'only' reached the actual c in vacuum? And how sure are they that nothing in the path of this t...
by rosettastoned
Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:16 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: BA: AstroAlert: Type Ia supernova in M101! (SN 2011fe)
Replies: 104
Views: 18407

Re: BA: AstroAlert: Type Ia supernova in M101!

Alrighty then, it's a type gabled Ia of hanseatic origin :lol: (Could it be connected to the October-fest, somehow?)
by rosettastoned
Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:18 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: BA: AstroAlert: Type Ia supernova in M101! (SN 2011fe)
Replies: 104
Views: 18407

Re: BA: AstroAlert: Type Ia supernova in M101!

Umm, after browsing through this thread I don't see so many jumps and plunges in your many reports Ann. In fact I seem to recall the word 'boring' a couple of times ;P Follows the early predicted behaviour very well, but I can't seem(or is it can't be bothered?) to find an actual published spectra o...
by rosettastoned
Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:54 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: AFTAU: When the Black Hole Was Born
Replies: 1
Views: 204

Re: AFTAU: When the Black Hole Was Born

Such black holes may be related to the very first stars in the universe. They also found that the subsequent growth period of the observed sources, after the first 1.2 billion years, lasted only 100-200 million years. Interesting study of so high redshift galaxies, but this I don't quite understand...
by rosettastoned
Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:21 pm
Forum: The Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources
Topic: Best ways to identify what I see at night
Replies: 13
Views: 1392

Re: Best ways to identify what I see at night

Another interesting program is Microsofts WorldWide Telescope(beta). It contains in itself a wonderful set of starmaps(all major catalogues), very detailed Mars Map(& rest of solar system including Earth oc), in short not Google Earth, but MS Space :wink: There are also guided tours and other co...