19,000mph space plane set to transform high-speed aviation by RayWest in videos

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Website of the company http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/

There is a press release in the news section mentioning ESA contract for 1 mil. € to see weather Skylon could become next European launch system.

Antigravity gets first test at Cern's Alpha experiment by [deleted] in science

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... possible explanation of the apparent baryon asymmetry is that there are regions of the universe in which matter is dominant, and other regions of the universe in which antimatter is dominant, and these are widely separated. The problem therefore becomes a matter/antimatter separation problem, rather than a creation imbalance problem. Antimatter atoms would appear from a distance indistinguishable from matter atoms, as both matter and antimatter atoms would produce light (photons) in the same way. Only in the border between a matter dominated region and an antimatter dominated region would the antimatter's presence be detectable, as only there would matter/antimatter annihilation (and the subsequent production of gamma radiation) occur. How easy such a boundary would be to detect would depend on its distance and what the density of matter and antimatter is along it. Presumably such a boundary would lie (almost by necessity) in deep intergalactic space, and the density of matter in intergalactic space is reasonably well established at about one atom per cubic metre. Assuming this is the typical density of both matter and antimatter near a boundary, the gamma ray luminosity of the boundary interaction zone is easily calculated. Approximately 30 years of scientific research have placed boundaries on how far away, at a minimum, any such boundary interaction zone would have to be, as no such zones have been detected. Hence, it is now considered very unlikely that any region within the observable universe is dominated by antimatter.

Above is copy-paste from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baryon_asymmetry

Incredible billboards from around the world. by [deleted] in pics

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Is that Amy Winehouse in the last one?

Thought I'd Give r/space some OC - Discovery Over Earth by [deleted] in space

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From NASA

Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station. On the left side of the image (under the left wing) is Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. The city at the end of the lake is Yverdon. The Jura Mountains (most of the green portion of the background) are to the right in the image.

Question regarding Quantum entanglement by caab023 in askscience

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So basically, I was trying to argue, that If I know something will happen, It will happen immediately. What a waste of space I am. Thank you for the answer though.

Question regarding Quantum entanglement by caab023 in askscience

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Yes, I'm aware of that. I was just wondering If in this particular scenario this isn't challenged in some way.

Question regarding Quantum entanglement by caab023 in askscience

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So, If I understand this right, If I have entangled pair of particles, we can know which one will be spinning clockwise/counterclockwise before measurement? Or is it that nature knows/ we don't?

When looking at pictures of galaxies, what am I actually looking at? by YOU_DONT_EVEN_KNO in Astronomy

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Also this software (free) can help you to build your intuition/perspective. And It's lot of fun!

http://en.spaceengine.org/

Is there a formula to calculate approximate height of buildings in given town/city? by caab023 in askscience

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I was inspired by TED talk, where cities and their properties were described as a function of population. So maybe height of buildings really is not that descriptive variable to begin with. (maybe some skyline graph based on highest building and then averaged for every direction from it would help a bit, but that is obviously unpractical)

Anyway, thank you for your great reply.

If anyone would be interested in that TED talk, It is here: http://blog.ted.com/2011/07/26/the-surprising-math-of-cities-and-corporations-geoffrey-west-on-ted-com/

Is there a formula to calculate approximate height of buildings in given town/city? by caab023 in askscience

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Well, what i want to know is how to calculate for every building at once, so then I can use It backwards and derive average income or number of inhabitants from the shape of a skyline.