Category: NOVA

• How can we see black holes if they’re invisible?

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] The Shadow of a Black Hole From NOVA: The invisible manifests itself through the visible: so say many of the great works of philosophy, poetry, and religion. It’s also…

  Matthew R. Francis

  August 24, 2015

  NOVA

  black holes, ergosphere, event horizon, Event Horizon Telescope, general relativity, gravitation, supermassive black holes

• Why do some want to modify general relativity?

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] And yes, I did refer to MOND as “a fungus in the basement of astronomy”. Do We Need to Rewrite General Relativity? For NOVA “The Nature of Reality”: General…

  Matthew R. Francis

  June 18, 2015

  NOVA

  dark matter, general relativity, gravitation, MOND, supermassive black holes

• Does antimatter fall up or down?

  [ I am reviving the Bowler Hat Science blog as a quick way to link all my new publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all my stories! ] Does antimatter fall up or down? From NOVA Nature of Reality: There are two kinds of matter in the universe: ordinary matter, which makes…

  Matthew R. Francis

  January 14, 2015

  NOVA, Writing for Other Sites

  antimatter, particle physics