Extraterrestrial physics / the editors of Scientific American.
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Scientific American Educational Publishing, 2024. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Scientific American explores big ideas |
| Contents | The universe began with a bang, not a bounce, new studies find / James Riordon -- Colliding dwarf galaxies reveal a glimpse of the early universe / Meghan Bartels -- Ancient galaxy clusters offer clues about the early universe / Arianna S. Long -- Giant galaxies from the universe's childhood challenge cosmic origin stories / Robin George Andrews -- JWST's first glimpses of early galaxies could break cosmology / Jonathan O'Callaghan -- Black hole discovery helps to explain quantum nature of the cosmos / Edgar Shaghoulian -- Colliding supermassive black holes discovered in nearby galaxy / Allison Parshall -- Did astronomers just discover black holes from the big bang? / Nola Taylor Tillman -- Astronomers spy a giant runaway black hole's starry wake / Kenna Hughes-Castleberry -- Black holes, quantum entanglement and the no-go theorem / Zoë Holmes, Andrew Sornborger -- Neutrinos from a nearby galaxy reveal black hole secrets / Phil Plait -- Could gravity's quantum origins explain dark energy? / Conor Purcell -- Astronomers might see dark matter by staring into the void / Anil Ananthaswamy -- Dark matter hunters need fresh answers / Joseph Howlett -- Stars made of antimatter might be lurking in the universe / Leto Sapunar -- Are telescopes the only way to find dark matter? / Chanda Prescod-Weinstein -- String theory may create far fewer universes than thought / Clara Moskowitz, Lee Billings -- Tangled up in spacetime / Clara Moskowitz -- Found : a quadrillion ways for string theory to make our universe / Anil Ananthaswamy -- Quantum entanglement isn't all that spooky after all / Chris Ferrie -- Tiny gravitational-wave detector could search anywhere in the sky / Tim Folger -- Gravitational waves probe exotic matter inside neutron stars / Clara Moskowitz -- Galaxy-size gravitational-wave detector hints at exotic physics / Adam Mann -- The elusive theory of everything / Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow -- Record-breaking supernova is part of a new class of objects / Briley Lewis -- The James Webb Space Telescope could solve one of cosmology's deepest mysteries / Daniel Leonard -- 10 Years after the Higgs, physicists are optimistic for more discoveries / Marcela Carena. |
| Abstract | "Many of the laws of physics we take for granted do not apply outside the earth's atmosphere. Extraterrestrial physics tend to differ considerably from physics on Earth, and astrophysicists and other scientists who study space use experiments and theoretical research to try to better understand these differences. This volume helps explain the fascinating but complex concepts that make up the field of extraterrestrial physics, including quarks, dark energy, the theory of general relativity, quantum mechanics, space plasma, and the Higgs boson. Experts and writers will offer clarification on the topics animating extraterrestrial physics and explain current research that has advanced our understanding of it"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Other title | Scientific American. |
| LCCN | 2023034884 |
| ISBN | 9781725350199 (library binding) |
| ISBN | 9781725350182 (paperback) |
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