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This video is essentially why the Black Hole at the center of the Milky Way got the Nobel Prize today

Posted on 2020/10/13 by Carl Robitaille

This video is essentially why the Black Hole at the center of the Milky Way got the #NobelPrize today: They tracked *individual* stars orbit around the black hole over time. Animation from here: https://t.co/yoJ5nd0QsT pic.twitter.com/EGQhOQIZhg
— Karina Voggel ✨🔭🏃🏼‍♀️ (@KarinaVoggel) October 6, 2020

Nobel Prize for Black Holes!

Posted on 2020/10/13 by Carl Robitaille

Nobel Prize for #BlackHoles! To Roger Penrose for proving that Einstein’s theory predicts them, and to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for discovering that we have one in the center of our own galaxy that’s as massive as four million suns! 🌌🏅🕳 #PhysicsNobel https://t.co/lvI5PUo9mp
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) October 6, 2020

The Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality via Springs

Posted on 2020/10/06 by Carl Robitaille

The Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality via Springs

The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats

Posted on 2020/10/02 by Carl Robitaille

Multiple subglacial water bodies below the south pole of Mars unveiled by new MARSIS data

Posted on 2020/10/02 by Carl Robitaille

Multiple subglacial water bodies below the south pole of Mars unveiled by new MARSIS data

https://t.co/qP7vgi1qzp
— Phodysssey (@phodyssey) September 29, 2020

APOD: GW Orionis: A Star System with Tilted Rings

Posted on 2020/10/02 by Carl Robitaille

APOD: GW Orionis: A Star System with Tilted Rings

How the Ocean Floor Got Filled with Riches

Posted on 2020/10/02 by Carl Robitaille

Simplified animation of a 5-speed Manual transmission

Posted on 2020/10/02 by Carl Robitaille

Simplified animation of a 5-speed Manual transmission: 🟢input shaft, connected to the motor via the Clutch 🔴 Layshaft 🔘 output shaft 🔵 constant-mesh wheels of the gears 1, 2, 3 and 5 🟠 reverse [source: https://t.co/nntSK6saAg] pic.twitter.com/xm53a20zpm
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 29, 2020

The Mystery Flaw of Solar Panels

Posted on 2020/09/28 by Carl Robitaille

La théorie

Posted on 2020/09/28 by Carl Robitaille

« La théorie, c'est quand on sait tout et que rien ne fonctionne. La pratique, c'est quand tout fonctionne et que personne ne sait pourquoi. Ici, nous avons réuni théorie et pratique : Rien ne fonctionne… et personne ne sait pourquoi ! »
Albert Einstein pic.twitter.com/eaXpysYqA2
— Cohérence (@coherence_e) September 25, 2020