News tagged with shock

Shocked gas in galaxy collisions

Collisions between galaxies, especially ones rich in molecular gas, can trigger bursts of star formation that heat the dust and result in their shining brightly in the infrared. Astronomers think that there is also significant ...

dateMay 01, 2017 in Astronomy
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NuSTAR finds new clues to 'chameleon supernova'


dateJan 25, 2017 in Astronomy
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Lunar sonic booms

The sonic boom created by an airplane comes from the craft's large, speeding body crashing into molecules in the air. But if you shrank the plane to the size of a molecule, would it still generate a shock wave?

dateDec 13, 2016 in Space Exploration
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Why does Siberia get all the cool meteors?


dateDec 09, 2016 in Space Exploration
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