Adam Mann is a freelance journalist with over a decade of experience, specializing in astronomy and physics stories. He has a bachelor's degree in astrophysics from UC Berkeley. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, New York Times, National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, Wired, Nature, Science, and many other places. He lives in Oakland, California, where he enjoys riding his bike.
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Venus: Facts about the hellish planet next doorReference Venus is Earth's next-door neighbor and could be Earth's twin, if not for the sulfuric acid clouds and hellish surface temperatures.
By Adam Mann Published
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What is the Large Hadron Collider?The Large Hadron Collider is the world's most powerful particle accelerator. Here's a look at the atom smasher and all its amazing discoveries.
By Adam Mann Published
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What is electromagnetic radiation?Reference Electromagnetic radiation is a form of energy that includes radio waves, microwaves, X-rays and gamma rays, as well as visible light.
By Jim Lucas Published
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Weird quantum boomerang predicted 60 years ago spotted for the first timeThe effect has been predicted for more than 60 years.
By Ben Turner Published
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What is pi?Reference Pi represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi is an irrational number that never ends; the decimals go on forever and ever.
By Elaine J. Hom Published
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The solar system: Facts about our cosmic neighborhoodTake a journey through our solar system, including a stop at the non-planet Pluto.
By Sarah Wild Published
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Ultraprecise atomic clock experiments confirm Einstein's predictions about timeWith one of the world's most precise atomic clocks, physicists have observed time dilation, confirming Einstein's theory of relativity.
By Adam Mann Published
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The 10 wildest things we learned about black holes in 2021A rundown of awesome results about black holes from 2021.
By Adam Mann Published
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What is antimatter?Reference All about antimatter, where it is produced and how to power a spacecraft with it
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If the universe is a giant computer simulation, here's how many bits would be required to run itA trippy new estimate calculates the total number of bits in the visible universe
By Adam Mann Published
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Weird cosmic object keeps exploding over and over again, and scientists don't know whyResearchers have watched a mysterious fast radio burst shoot out energy far more times than they thought was possible.
By Adam Mann Published
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Baby planets marinate in a life-giving cyanide 'soup,' analysis revealsA major astrochemical project has produced comprehensive maps of molecules in protoplanetary disks and found lots of organic material.
By Adam Mann Published
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New gravitational wave detector picks up possible signal from the beginning of timePhysicists turned on a new type of gravitational-wave sensor and saw two intriguing results, but they aren't yet ready to claim a discovery.
By Adam Mann Published
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Quantum crystal could reveal the identity of dark matterBy entangling the motion and quantum properties of a beryllium crystal, scientists have achieved unprecedented precision for measuring electromagnetic waves.
By Adam Mann Published
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Alien 'Dyson spheres' could be harvesting the power of black holesResearchers show how intelligent aliens might draw nearly-limitless power from a black hole using a Dyson sphere.
By Adam Mann Published
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What is a galaxy?Learn all about different types of galaxies in the universe and how they came together.
By Adam Mann Published
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10 things we know about the secret X-37B space planeThe U.S. military has an uncrewed mini-shuttle called the X-37B. Here's what we know about this secret space plane.
By Adam Mann Published
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Mystery object in space could be a new arm of the Milky WayA telescope in China has mapped out what may be a totally new arm of our home galaxy.
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What are asteroids?Information about asteroids, where they come from and whether one might hit Earth.
By Adam Mann Published
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How much will Jeff Bezos' New Shepard rocket warm the planet?An attempt to figure out how much emission Jeff Bezos' jaunt into space will produce and whether we should be concerned about it
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What are the chances that Jeff Bezos won't survive his flight on New Shepard?Two spaceflight experts consulted by Live Science said that Jeff Bezos had decent odds of surviving his upcoming ride into space
By Adam Mann Published
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Fission vs. fusion: What's the difference?A short overview of two different nuclear processes: fission and fusion.
By Adam Mann Published
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New measurement may resolve cosmological crisisAstronomer Wendy Freedman suggests that the latest observations of red giant stars could be closing the gap on the Hubble tension.
By Adam Mann Published
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Strange 'blinking star' defies all explanationAstronomers have no idea what to make of a star that dimmed by 97 percent and then brightened again.
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