Not exact matches
Fermilab's Main Injector accelerator, one
of the most
powerful particle accelerators in the world, has just achieved a world record for high -
energy beams for neutrino experiments.
The most
powerful jets, called quasars, arise when black holes weighing as much as billions
of suns fling infalling matter and
energy back out into the galaxy, heating up loads
of dust and gas and creating blinding
beams of energy.
Discovered in 1963, quasars are the most
powerful objects beyond our Milky Way galaxy,
beaming vast amounts
of energy across space as the supermassive black hole in their center sucks in matter from its surroundings.
However, by controlling an instability that causes the transfer
of energy when
beams cross, the researchers were able to combine the
energy from multiple
beams into a single
powerful beam.
Astronomers now believe, however, that GRBs seems so
powerful because most
of their
energy is being
beamed out
of bi-polar jets in a brief burst, unlike the later stage
of a supernova when neutrinos are emitted from all around the exploding star.
Although they were discovered more than a century ago, the origin
of the ultra-high
energy ones (with an
energy above 1018 eV, or 100,000 times more energetic than the particles in the LHC
beam, the most
powerful particle accelerator on Earth) is still a puzzle.
I loved encountering a group
of enemies and then deciding whether to use all
of my
energy to mow them down with the ultra
powerful sniper
beam, or be more methodic with my approach by unleashing the heat seeking missiles on my unsuspecting foes.
Ivanpah's image as a model
of clean
energy production has also been singed by a growing tally
of dead birds, which ignite as they fly through the
powerful solar
beams; mid-day temperature in the Mojave Desert can reach 120 degrees Fahrenheit.