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What’s Stopping Protons and Neutrons From Flying Apart?
It’s pretty common to hear the phrase “opposites attract,” and it certainly applies to stuff within the atom.…
Is Our Universe Just… Math?
For most of us, mathematics exists merely in the realm of dreaded homework and in taxes. It’s worth…
All About Quantum Entanglement and This Year’s Nobel Prize In Physics
Don’t fret if the topics involved in this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics awardee has you in a…
An Equation For (Almost) Everything: The Standard Model of Particle Physics
After decades of work from several generations of physicists, we now have our most accurate mathematical depiction of…
What We Know About the Force That Holds Atomic Nuclei Together
Some of us are well-versed in the forces that keep us tethered to the ground, and with those…
The Infrared Science Behind the James Webb Space Telescope
Aside from a pretty glaring source of visible light in the form of the Sun, there’s not much…
Do You Know All the States of Matter?
Some of you may remember the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Others who studied a…
Can We Humans Ever Leave the Solar System?
Science fiction makes it look easy, but make no mistake: travelling to even the nearest planet takes a…
The Early Days of the Milky Way (Maybe)
PBS Space Time dives deep into the latest in research from astronomers to find out the beginnings of…
Neutron Stars: The Limits of Density
PBS Space Time is back, and Matt O’Dowd is here to take us on a trip through one…