Sentences with phrase «fractions of seconds matter»

Not exact matches

Unlike a black hole in space, the X-rayed atom does not draw in matter from its surroundings through the force of gravity, but electrons with its electrical charge — causing the molecule to explode within the tiniest fraction of a second.

Though the whole process occurred within fractions of a second, there were still phases of matter within that process that scientists don't understand.

«The failure to find them has led to renewed interest in studying how well primordial black holes — black holes formed in the universe's first fraction of a second — could work as dark matter.»

Because antiprotons annihilate when they hit anything made of ordinary matter, within a fraction of a second, they usually hit the sides of the chamber that contains the collision of the gold nuclei that created them in the first place, and turn into gamma radiation.

Imagine two routes from A to B, one of which takes 1 second no matter how much traffic is on it, while the time of the other route matches the fraction of traffic sent on that route (e.g., if 10 % of the packets are sent on that route, it takes them a tenth of a second to arrive).

Since then, the scientists have been taking a closer look at this remarkable form of matter, which last existed some 13 billion years ago, a mere fraction of a second after the Big Bang.

Neutron stars are formed in a fraction of a second as a massive star collapses onto itself, compressing its matter to the density of an atomic nucleus.

And what was the Universe like in the first fraction of a second of its life, before matter started to cool down into the form it has today.

Second, we can use that information to calculate exactly how much matter the universe contains, and what fraction consists of ordinary matter, dark matter, dark energy, and neutrinos.»

When you whip through dozens of book and author interview requests sent to your department's general publicity email address each day, being able to forward a request to the correct publicist or department in a fraction of a second without even reading the message in its entirety — or at all, for that matter — is a handy skill).

They'll read your finger no matter which way you place it on and do it lightning quick in a fraction of a second.