Physics Topics
A Flame Ball Named Kelly
2003 — Sept. 20, 2011
Onboard the Space ShuttleColumbia (STS-107), experimental flame balls have been doing some strange and wonderful things--e.g., flying in corkscrew patterns and beating like human hearts.
Robot Blood
2003 — April 6, 2011
This week Astronautsonboard the International Space Stationare studying strange magnetic fluids that might one day flow in the veins of Robotsand help buildings resist earthquakes.
Mob Rules
2004 — April 6, 2011
An experiment onboard the International Space Stationis helping physicists decipher the group behavior of atoms and molecules.
In Search of Gravitomagnetism
2004 — Sept. 20, 2011
Gravity Probe B has left Earth to measure a subtle yet long-sought force of Nature.
Was Galileo Wrong?
2004 — April 6, 2011
Could one of the fundamental assumptions of modern Physicsbe wrong? A group of NASA-supported researchers are going to find out by bouncing laser beams off the Moon.
A New Form of Matter: II
2004 — Sept. 20, 2011
NASA-supported researchers have discovered a weird new phase of matter called fermionic condensates.
Evicting Einstein
2004 — April 6, 2011
A Physicsexperiment on the drawing board for the International Space Stationcould help find the grand unifying "Theory of Everything."
Gentlemen, start your gyros!
2004 — April 6, 2011
Four months after launch, NASA's Gravity Probe B spacecraft has begun its search for an elusive space-time vortex around Earth.
Mystery in a Cup of Tea
2004 — April 6, 2011
Using odds and ends from the Space Stationpantry, researchers have learned something new about fluid physics.
A Pocket of Near-Perfection
2004 — April 6, 2011
Right now, one of the most precise Physicsexperiments ever attempted is orbiting Earth: Gravity Probe B. Its builders have created "a pocket of near-perfection" inside the spacecraft where spinning gyroscopes can sense the twisting of spacetime around Earth.