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waves, whipped by Bonnie to 2.4 to 3.6 meters (8-12 ft) high, crashed ashore a few hundred meters from the runway at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., where a DC-8 prepared for...
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result of shock waves as hot, dense materials slam into each other at high speed. Theorists have hypothesized since as early as 1994 that the emission we observe from gamma-...
extrapolation of the BATSE data to lower wavelengths," Galama said, "so we conclude that ROTSE and BATSE are seeing different components." He suggested that BATSE sees gamma...
6th to 12th grade classroom? These lessons might help: X-ray Flash Cards: What are x-rays? Like visible light and radio waves, hard x-rays are just another part of the...
emission." The differing sensitivity of x-rays and radio waves to gas density means that scientists can measure the size and mass of a cluster by combining x-ray and radio...
in the northern United States that the price of oil dropped because of lower demand for heating oil. El Niños also suppress destructive Atlantic and Gulf hurricanes. And west...
chunk of space" that could hold our entire galaxy. By contrast, the central source is no larger than our solar system. Right: PKS 0637-752 seen in radio waves by...
thinking that perhaps the shock waves from gamma-ray bursts could even play a role in planetary formation? Fishman: A recent paper has speculated that perhaps a very large...
ultimately do most of the damage either directly or by driving waves ashore to form a storm surge. To measure that energy exchange in seemingly clear air as well as in...