Physical Science

Our military represents security and fortitude, so admitting inferior entities exist would be exposing our weaknesses to be exploited by our enemies. Such strategy and idealism’s are just cause in the eyes of the government to protect itself, using cover-ups…
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Since recorded history depicted cave drawings of helmeted beings along with cylindrical shapes billowing pillars of flame the mystery of UFO’s and the possibility this planet is routinely visited by advanced life forms has tantalized, frustrated and defied all efforts…
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World famous science fiction writer and futurist, the late Sir Arthur C. Clarke once penned a novel, “The Fountains of Paradise” that featured an amazing technology called an orbital tower that’s basically an elevator to space. According to A. Senthil…
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Abu Ali al-asan ibn al-asan ibn al-Haytham, generally called Al-Hazen in Europe is known in the West as “Ptolemaeus Secundus” or “Ptolemy the Second” based on his main astronomical work Al-Shukuk ala  Batlamyus, generally translated as “Doubts Concerning Ptolemy”. He…
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Meteoroids, meteorites, and meteors, are all variants of meteoroids. A meteoroid is a piece of space debris that is smaller than an asteroid. Meteoroids tend to be between the size of a grain of sand, and a boulder. They are…
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Nebulas, also referred to in the plural as nebulae, are among the most beautiful celestial objects that can be seen by telescope. These giant clouds of gas originate in the outer layers of old, dead stars, which are blown away…
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What is a planet? Indeed, for that matter what is space? The definition of “planets” has been changing since the days of ancient Greece. The Greeks coined the word planets meaning “wanderers.” The seven wanderers visible to the naked-eye back…
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Earth’s seas owe their regular tides to the orbit of the moon. Briefly, the Moon’s gravity pulls the oceans slightly in its direction, so that water on the nearest coast rises noticeably while water on distant coasts lowers slightly. The…
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Although the Hubble Space Telescope has only been orbiting since 1990, it represents the culmination of many years of planning and advocacy.  The process to get the telescope to the place where it is today was a long one, with…
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Understanding the difference between meteoroids, meteors, meteorites and comets can be difficult, especially as the first three sound so similar. They are in fact linked, via their life cycle, and also by the Greek translation of the word Meteron, which…
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