The mass of dust and bright swirls of stars in this image is the distant galaxy merger IC …
Troy Oakes
Troy Oakes
Troy was born and raised in Australia and has always wanted to know why and how things work, which led him to his love for science. He is a professional photographer and enjoys taking pictures of Australia's beautiful landscapes. He is also a professional storm chaser where he currently lives in Hervey Bay, Australia.
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Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank discusses why cognitive activity operating on a planetary scale is necessary to tackle global …
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Brown dwarfs are strange celestial bodies, occupying a kind of intermediate position between stars and planets. Astrophysicists sometimes …
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Technology
Plasmas for Nuclear Fusion Controlled by EPFL and DeepMind AI
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesEPFL’s Swiss Plasma Center (SPC) has decades of experience in plasma physics and plasma control methods for nuclear fusion. …
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Technology
JILA Atomic Clocks Measure Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity at Millimeter Scale
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesJILA (Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics) physicists have measured Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, or more specifically, …
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SpaceFeatured
Scientists Discover How Galaxies Can Exist Without Dark Matter
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn a new Nature Astronomy study, an international team led by astrophysicists from the University of California, Irvine and Pomona …
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Earth’s water supply is incredibly important for its ability to sustain life, but where did that water come …
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As ice sheets began melting at the end of the last ice age, a series of cataclysmic floods …
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What if everything around us was just… a hologram? Does this describe a black hole? The thing is, …
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The subject of this image from the Hubble telescope is a group of three galaxies, collectively known as …