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Ethan Siegel is a theoretical astrophysicist in Portland, OR. You can learn about him, contact him, or just enjoy the site.
2011: Winner - Charm Quark - 3QuarksDaily Prize in Science.
2010: Best Blog by physics.org.
2010: People's choice award by physics.org!
March 31, 2010
Category: Physics
The stakes are high, and win or lose, worth playing for. -Fred Hoyle Yesterday was a record-setting day for humanity. Over at CERN, the Large Hadron Collider achieved a new record for the most energy ever created in a laboratory...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 8:21 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 29, 2010
Category: Math
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. -Johann von Neumann Sometimes, I have to deal with series: lots of numbers all added together. Some series clearly approach a limit, like the following: 1 + 1/2...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 8:07 PM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 27, 2010
Category: Random Stuff
The humor of the entire situation suddenly gave way to a run for survival as huge chunks of whale blubber fell everywhere. Pieces of meat passed high over our heads while others were falling at our feet. The dunes were...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 11:55 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 26, 2010
Category: Dark Matter
"No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilites -- always see them -- for they are always there. -Norman Vincent Peale Dark matter. I talk about it a lot here...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 1:59 PM • 47 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 24, 2010
Category: Scientific papers
Note: I'm on vacation this week, so here's one from the vault. This article first appeared on my old website, back in February of 2009. Some days the questions I get are easy, and some days I get questions from...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 2:05 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 22, 2010
Category: big bang
Welcome back to The Greatest Story Ever Told, where we're bringing you the story of the Universe. We're going to go from the very beginning -- before the big bang -- up through the present day, and tell you...
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March 21, 2010
Category: Random Stuff
Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 12:50 PM • 41 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 19, 2010
Category: Solar System
It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back. -Dan Quayle This is my last day writing before my spring break begins, and I'm hoping for some great weather as I...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 8:06 PM • 46 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 17, 2010
Category: Environment
I have this one little saying. When things get too heavy just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man. -Jimi Hendrix Hendrix is almost right: helium is the second lightest gas known to man, behind hydrogen. But there...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 7:29 PM • 137 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 15, 2010
Category: Astronomy
Bart: Go, Dad, go! Lisa: How doth the hero, strong and brave, a celestial path to the heavens paved! (The family stares at her.) Lisa (dejected): Go, Dad, go. -The Simpsons Last week, I got a question from one of...
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