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4 days ago · In physics, the special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory of the relationship between space and time. In Albert Einstein's 1905 treatment, the theory is presented as being based on just two postulates:
2 days ago · The New Britain theory assumes Earhart turned back mid-flight and tried to reach the airfield at Rabaul, New Britain, northeast of mainland Papua New Guinea, approximately 2,200 miles (3,500 km) from Howland Island.
5 days ago · Thomson pioneered the theory, which was distinct from the 17th century vortex theory of René Descartes in that Thomson was thinking in terms of a unitary continuum theory, whereas Descartes was thinking in terms of three different types of matter, each relating respectively to emission, transmission, and reflection of light.
4 days ago · Stephen Hawking (born January 8, 1942, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England—died March 14, 2018, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) was an English theoretical physicist whose theory of exploding black holes drew upon both relativity theory and quantum mechanics. He also worked with space-time singularities.
1 hour ago · UNI Air and Mandarin Airlines, two of the main domestic flight operators, yesterday said that weather conditions and bird strikes are increasingly disrupting flights. At a panel discussion during the International Aviation Safety Management Summit in Taipei, UNI Air chairman Solomon Lin (林志忠) said that only 55 percent of the airline’s ...
6 days ago · The Forces at Play. To understand how airplanes fly, we need to understand the four main forces acting on them: Lift: This is the upward force that opposes gravity and keeps the airplane in the air. It’s generated by the shape of the wings and the way air flows over them. Weight: This is the downward force due to gravity, pulling the airplane ...
6 days ago · Alignment of bipolar jets confirms star formation theories For the first time, a phenomenon astronomers have long hoped to directly image has been captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). In this stunning image of the Serpens Nebula, the discovery lies in the northern area (seen at the upper left) of this […]
