Friday, July 5, 2013

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


White dwarf star throws light on possible variability of a constant of Nature

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 06:50 AM PDT

Astronomers have studied a distant star where gravity is more than 30,000 times greater than on Earth to test the controversial theory that one of the constants of Nature is not a constant. The researchers used the Hubble Space Telescope to measure the strength of the electromagnetic force -- known as alpha -- on a white dwarf star. The results do not contradict the variable-constant theory.

No comments:

Post a Comment