May 2017 – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Tue, 06 Jun 2017 23:01:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 The “Door’ To Another Universe…Can We Find The Black Hole That Opens It…Physicists Say “Yes!” https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/the-door-to-another-universecan-we-find-the-black-hole-that-opens-itphysicists-say-yes Thu, 01 Jun 2017 06:02:37 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/the-door-to-another-universecan-we-find-the-black-hole-that-opens-itphysicists-say-yes

According to a mind-bending new theory, a black hole could actually be a tunnel between universes, meaning our universe may be nested inside a black hole that is part of a larger universe. The theory explains that the matter doesn’t collapse into a single point, but rather gushes out a “white hole” at the other end of the black one.

The theory was published in the journal Physics Letters B, by Indiana University physicist Nikodem Poplawski. In his article, he presents new mathematical models of the spiraling motion of matter falling into the black hole. His equations suggest that wormholes are probable alternatives to the “space-time singularities” originally predicted by Albert Einstein.

Einstein’s equations for general relativity suggest singularities are created whenever matter in a given region gets too dense as would happen at the center of a black hole. Singularities are infinitely dense and hot, and take up no space. This idea has been supported by indirect evidence but has never been fully accepted into the scientific community.

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This is What Happens When Galaxies Collide https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/this-is-what-happens-when-galaxies-collide Thu, 01 Jun 2017 03:42:41 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/this-is-what-happens-when-galaxies-collide

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ePJGYNCvzqU

Astrophysicist Paul Sutter details how galaxies collide, merge, and rip each other apart.

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Scientists created a ‘black hole’ using this ultra-powerful laser https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/scientists-created-a-black-hole-using-this-ultra-powerful-laser Thu, 01 Jun 2017 03:02:31 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/scientists-created-a-black-hole-using-this-ultra-powerful-laser

The findings could help advance high-res imaging of viruses and bacteria.

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Stratolaunch aircraft with wingspan length of FOOTBALL FIELD unveiled https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/stratolaunch-aircraft-with-wingspan-length-of-football-field-unveiled Thu, 01 Jun 2017 02:42:30 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/stratolaunch-aircraft-with-wingspan-length-of-football-field-unveiled

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen unveiled the world’s largest aircraft on Wednesday.

The massive plane rolled out by Allen’s aerospace firm, Stratolaunch Systems, features the longest wingspan of any aircraft ever built, according to Popular Mechanics.

With a wingspan of 385 feet, the six-engine plane will be larger than Howard Hughes’ 1947 H-4 Hercules, known as the ‘Spruce Goose,’ and the Antonov An-225, a Soviet-era cargo plane originally built to transport the Buran space shuttle that is currently the world’s largest aircraft.

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Cassini images suggest asteroid strike forced Enceladus poles to shift https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/cassini-images-suggest-asteroid-strike-forced-enceladus-poles-to-shift Thu, 01 Jun 2017 02:02:43 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/cassini-images-suggest-asteroid-strike-forced-enceladus-poles-to-shift

NASA has announced that asteroid strikes may have tipped over Saturn’s icy, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus. Researchers came to the conclusion after analysing the latest images and data from Cassini.

Researchers say they have enough evidence to suggest the moon’s spin axis – the line through the north and south poles – reoriented from its original position due to a collision with a smaller body, most likely an asteroid. The shift from its original axis is by 55 degrees, more than halfway rolling completely onto its side.

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NASA outlines Parker Solar Probe mission to ‘touch the sun’ https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/nasa-outlines-parker-solar-probe-mission-to-touch-the-sun Thu, 01 Jun 2017 02:02:29 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/nasa-outlines-parker-solar-probe-mission-to-touch-the-sun

The mission is named after Eugene Parker, whose work has revolutionized scientists’ understanding of the sun.

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This mini-tank is the future of firefighting https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/this-mini-tank-is-the-future-of-firefighting Wed, 31 May 2017 22:23:00 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/this-mini-tank-is-the-future-of-firefighting

Credit: Howe and Howe Technologies, Inc.

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Declining costs to enter orbit https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/2-3 Wed, 31 May 2017 19:43:06 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/2-3

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Intel announces Core X line of high-end processors, including new Core i9 chips https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/intel-announces-core-x-line-of-high-end-processors-including-new-core-i9-chips Wed, 31 May 2017 18:44:20 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/intel-announces-core-x-line-of-high-end-processors-including-new-core-i9-chips

Intel announced a new family of “Core X” desktop processors at Computex today, offering even more powerful versions of its existing Core i5 and Core i7 models, along with a new, top-of-the-line Core i9 line for those who want even more firepower.

The Core X platform is being targeted squarely at enthusiast customers like gamers and content creators — people who want to be able to run the latest games at the best possible resolution while streaming footage and running a chat with viewers or have four different creative tools open at once to put together a new vlog.

To that end, the Core X-series scales from models with 4-cores topping out with the $1,999 Core i9 Extreme, which Intel proudly points out is the first consumer desktop processor to offer 18-cores and 36-threads.

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AI dangers https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/2-2 Wed, 31 May 2017 18:44:05 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/05/2-2

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