Month: March 2018
What is the Most Frightening Celestial Object?
A few days back on Zhihu.com at home, there was an astronomy question that made it onto the "Trending Q&A" list (quite impressive for my homeland), "What is the most frightening celestial object known to science?" Not surprisingly, in the scientifically literate answers -- many of which I might be interested in covering in the … Continue reading What is the Most Frightening Celestial Object?
To Prof. Stephen Hawking
I am committing this moment to memory. It indeed feels bad to be struck by the news -- I was just in a conversation about hawking radiations this afternoon -- I suppose that before the moment of death detaches myself from my senses and mind, I'd remain in such a powerless position: a witness of … Continue reading To Prof. Stephen Hawking