A Black Hole Slingshot?
Updated: 2010-06-30 06:00:00
Evidence for a recoiling black hole has been found using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, XMM-Newton, the Hubble Space Telescope, and several ground-based telescopes.
Evidence for a recoiling black hole has been found using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, XMM-Newton, the Hubble Space Telescope, and several ground-based telescopes.
New in Print New Book E-Mails Bestsellers 2009 PUP Home Blog Jun 25 2010 A Lively History of the Quirky Math of Voting by Leslie Nangle Filed in : Mathematics Political Science 5:54pm EST Since the very birth of democracy in ancient Greece , the simple act of voting has given rise to mathematical paradoxes that have puzzled some of the greatest philosophers , statesmen , and mathematicians . Numbers Rule traces the epic quest by these thinkers to create a more perfect democracy and adapt to the ever-changing demands that each new generation places on our democratic . institutions In a sweeping narrative that combines history , biography , and mathematics , George Szpiro details the fascinating lives and big ideas of great minds such as Plato , Pliny the Younger , Ramon Llull , Pierre Simon
New in Print New Book E-Mails Bestsellers 2009 PUP Home Blog Jun 25 2010 Jerry Muller interviewed on New Books in History by Jessica Pellien Filed in : Economics Jewish Studies Twitter World History 2:37pm EST I confess I was attracted to this book by the : title Capitalism and the Jews Princeton , 2010 Capitalism is a touchy subject Jews are a touchy subject . But capitalism and the Jews , that’s a disaster waiting to happen . I don’t suggest you try this , but just imagine what would happen if you started a water-cooler chat with Hey , what do you think of capitalism and the Jews Not pretty . So , being a bit curious , I wanted to know who would write a book with said title and what they could possibly say that wouldn’t get people calling for their head . Well , here’s what I found . out
New in Print New Book E-Mails Bestsellers 2009 PUP Home Blog Jun 25 2010 BOOK FACT FRIDAY by Leslie Nangle Filed in : Astronomy and Cosmology Book Fact Friday 9:47am EST Titan , Saturn’s largest moon is 5,150 km across–nearly 50 percent bigger than our own Moon and 6 percent larger than . Mercury For twenty-five years following the Voyager mission , scientists speculated about Saturn’s largest moon , a mysterious orb clouded in orange haze . Finally , in 2005, the Cassini-Huygens probe successfully parachuted down through Titan’s atmosphere , all the while transmitting images and data . In the early 1980s , when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan , Saturn’s largest moon , they transmitted back enticing images of a mysterious world concealed in a seemingly impenetrable orange
New in Print New Book E-Mails Bestsellers 2009 PUP Home Blog Jun 24 2010 Viktor Mayer-Schönberger’s Delete” also honored by the Media Ecology Association by Christina Lau Filed in : Awards Twitter 11:10am EST The Media Ecology Association MEA granted an award to another PUP author this year Viktor Mayer-Schönberger’s Delete : The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age was named the 2010 winner of the Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in the field of media . ecology Congratulations Viktor The Marshall McLuhan Award has been given out annually since 2000, and it is open to books on any topic related to media ecology . What is media ecology , you ask In 1970, author and cultural critic Neil Postman : wrote Media ecology looks into the matter of how media of communication affect
Past Ceremonies Contact Friday , June 11, 2010, 10 . A.M Beckman Mall Commencement Speaker Charles F . , Bolden Administrator , National Aeronautics and Space Administration , was the speaker for Caltech's 116th annual commencement ceremony . Charles Bolden's 34-year career with the Marine Corps included 14 years as a member of NASA's Astronaut . Office Credit : NASA Bill Ingalls View Commencement 2010 Online View Commencement Ceremony 56k modem View Commencement Ceremony broadband View Commencement 2010 slideshow View Commencement 2010 photographs on Flickr View Download a high-resolution image of the class of 2010 10.2 MB Caltech 2010 Graduates You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view . Bachelor of Science Degrees Master of Science Engineer's Degrees Doctor of Philosophy
At a distance of about 400 million light years from Earth, a massive "wall" of galaxies stretching tens of millions of light years.
This composite image of M82 shows Chandra X-ray Observatory data in blue, optical data from Hubble in green and orange, and infrared data from Spitzer in red.
Two different teams have reported using Chandra observations of galaxy clusters to study the properties of gravity on cosmic scales and test Einstein's theory of General Relativity.
This is a composite image of NGC 1068, one of the nearest and brightest galaxies containing a rapidly growing supermassive black hole.