“In this land of ours, there are many great pits. But none more bottomless than the bottomless pit. Which, as you can see here, is bottomless.” -Grunkle Stan, Gravity Falls
After another week of fun-filled stories about the Universe here at Starts With A Bang, it's time to take a look back at everything we've said, as well as everything you've said in response. If you missed anything (or simply want a second look), here's what we've covered over the past week:
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Sunshine | The long path to discovery
A little more than one century ago, in 1919, a nagging question received the beginning of an answer. Almost simultaneously, two eminent scientists, Jean Perrin (1870-1942) in France and Arthur Eddington (1882-1944) in the United Kingdom, speculated that the energy source at the core of the Sun was to be found in sub-atomic reactions. Their intuition was a huge departure from the theories that had prevailed for the previous seven decades.
Jean Perrin s intuition that the energy source at the core of the Sun was to be found in sub-atomic reactions was a huge departure from the theories that had prevailed for the previous seven decades.Armed with the science of the mid-19th century, physicists and astronomers had long thought that solar heat resulted from the constant fall of meteors and asteroids into the Sun. In 1841, calculations by Julius von Mayer (1814-1878), a German physician and chemist, indicated that asteroids striking the Sun at hi
deal as early as tomorrow, but the vote could be close with the number of lawmakers refusing to endorse it. senator rand paul says the debt ceiling should be used to enforce spending restraint, and he ll do everything he can to stop the current budget deal, including a filibuster. china says it tracked a u.s. navy warship in the south china sea and gave a warning with its own warships and naval warplanes. a u.s. defense official says it was a routine operation in accordance with international law. more trouble in the national park in zimbabwe, where an american dentist killed kriscr the lion. they say elephants were found dead, poisoned from cyanide. and on a lighter note, a celestial happy hour. scientists say a comet is pumping out alcohol, it s called comet lovejoy, and it s emitting the equivalent of 500 bottles of wine every second. it s the first time ethel