Bang! Questions And Answers RSS Feed http://www.banguniverse.com/ en-us Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:41:16 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Bang! webmaster@banguniverse.com webmaster@banguniverse.com <![CDATA[Dr.May, I'm a very big fan of yours but i was wondering if you could answer a question that seems quite puzzling to me and probably rather easy for you. I very often find myself admiring the universe up above at night time and i get that the stars and moon get their light from the sun. I dont get how they can shine so bright like a mirror type object. In common sense i realise that satellites shine as the sun reflects off metal but what is it about the meteorites/stars that DO make them shine?thanks for your time.]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BangQuestionsAndAnswers/~3/LGx3eKowJVk/45 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:48 GMT http://www.banguniverse.com/questions-and-answers/45 http://www.banguniverse.com/questions-and-answers/45 <![CDATA[Hi Mr. Brian May Well, 17. aug, you wrote that Jupiter´s new hole in the atmosphere of the planet, easily could swallow up the earth!!!!!!!! That´s heavy news, and to me a very scary thought. Although I could sense a smile in the last bit you wrote, it didn´t really helped. So, to ease my worries I searched the www, and apparently it´s not the first time, 'things' has bombed a hole in Jupiter, the last time was in 1994. A comet (Shoemaker-Levy 9) smashed into Jupiter..... To a astrophysicist, like yourself, it may be interesting and exciting when 'spaaacy' things, like this, happens, but to down-to-earth people, like myself:) this is quite disturbing news. So my questions is: Do these holes decrease over time? Can Jupiter regenerate its atmosphere? What are the chances that, worst case scenario (as you mentioned) could happen? .....Where you joking? And by the way - love Queen-music, is a dedicated fan. Thanks for helping me through hard times, and to stay happy;) (This is what your music can do - performs small miracles)]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BangQuestionsAndAnswers/~3/v_r8rwfmhic/44 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:19:29 GMT http://www.banguniverse.com/questions-and-answers/44 http://www.banguniverse.com/questions-and-answers/44 <![CDATA[Hello.Since the universe is exspanding is it possible that some gallaxies eventually may merge as a result or is there a force that will keep them apart forever.]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BangQuestionsAndAnswers/~3/ht-Y64e0xCg/43 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:08:32 GMT http://www.banguniverse.com/questions-and-answers/43 http://www.banguniverse.com/questions-and-answers/43 <![CDATA[First, my congratulations to you for this great description of a very difficult subject in a very simple language. Full marks for this!Then, to my question: I am very perplexed about "seeing back in history". If we can see an object 'X' 10 million years in history (i.e. at 10 million light years distance), then how come we get hereearlier than light. When I mark 2 points on a deflated balloon and then inflate it, these 2 points move away from each other but the problem starts here. If they are undergoing changes, like primordial galaxies, they both will change as they move away. So, if point A is changing from gaseous to solid state, point B is also having same change, albeit with some difference in rate of change. However, by the time they are very far from each other, both will have undergoneconsiderable change and it should not be that A is far advanced and B is still primordial. If I am correct then when seen from A, B should not look vastly underdeveloped. Our Milky Way galaxy and some other remote galaxy at 10 billion light years started developing round about same time and were initially close together. Then we moved apart and during this kept on developing. So we should not be seeing it in a juvenile state. Can you guide me how this is possible?]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BangQuestionsAndAnswers/~3/Da8pSe-fbf0/42 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:06:40 GMT http://www.banguniverse.com/questions-and-answers/42 http://www.banguniverse.com/questions-and-answers/42 <![CDATA[Is any part of the interplanetary dust that creates the Zodiacal Light in earth orbit? Does the earth have a vestigial ring system of some form? Could the earth capture some of the interplanetary dust and hold it in some structure similar to a ring? Is the spectrum from the dust identical to the solar spectrum or is it possible to determine the chemical elements in the dust based on a unique spectral pattern?]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BangQuestionsAndAnswers/~3/YP3j7xAn1MA/41 Tue, 9 Oct 2007 07:41:58 GMT http://www.banguniverse.com/questions-and-answers/41 http://www.banguniverse.com/questions-and-answers/41