Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why time accelerates as we age and how to slow it down
When you’re a kid, time passes a lot more slowly than when you’re an adult. At the age…
Federal cuts threaten research at observatory, a decade after historic discovery
LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) – A decade ago, researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected ripples…
Social Media Apps and Startups Race to Bring Back the ‘Old Internet’
Relics of the “old internet” are respawning in new social media startups. Myspace’s profiles, Tumblr’s vibes, StumbleUpon’s spontaneity,…
Superconducting magnets have the power to catch cosmic ripples
Gravitational wave detectors, such as LIGO, have revolutionized astronomy, but only within a narrow frequency range. Now, physicists…
Hands-On at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and Its First Enormous 5 Gigapixel Image
Last year, PetaPixel visited the SLAC Laboratories in Stanford to go hands-on with the LSST camera module, the…