September 30, 2015 Physical Science
Do you remember where you were on January 28, 1986? That day will forever be etched in millions of people;s minds and hearts forever. It was the day the space shuttle Challenger exploded just miles above the Kennedy Space Center…
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September 30, 2015 Physical Science
Janus: A Half Moon of Saturn Two Astronomers, One Discovery In the winter of 1966, two separate Astronomers discovered two halves of an ancient moon that had once been whole but were now circling Saturn in a practically identical orbit….
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September 30, 2015 Physical Science
Grim astronomers in Russia have recalculated the trajectory of the ominous asteroid Apophis and now predict it will slam into Earth on April 13, 2036. An asteroid struck the Yucatan basin 65 million years ago wiping out the dinosaurs, changing…
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September 30, 2015 Physical Science
To me, this is a foolish question and I have to stop and remind myself that some still believe that UFOs are a hoax. I find it strange, that if one witnesses a murder, their word is construed as ‘proof’. If…
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September 30, 2015 Physical Science
The Challenger It is the 25th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger catastrophe. I heard about it on the radio when it happened, and went home and watched it on television. It was not just an accident. Space travel is…
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September 30, 2015 Physical Science
Run for the hills earthlings, the sky could be falling come April 13, 2036. That’s right, Russian astronomers have the low down on a killer asteroid named Apophis that could be heading our way in about 25 years. Intially, back…
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September 28, 2015 Physical Science
According to “Ria Novosti” in a Jan. 26, 2011 story, Russian astronomers have predicted that an asteroid may impact Earth on Friday, April 13, 2036. But first, the asteroid named “Apophis” will transit within 37,000 to 38,000 kilometers (about 23,000…
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September 28, 2015 Physical Science
The planet Saturn has over sixty moons making orbit around the gas giant. Even considering that Saturn is ten times the size of Earth, and has a mass 95 times that of our little blue planet, sixty moons is a…
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September 27, 2015 Physical Science
The earth is not stationary, It slowly revolves on its axis around the sun. The part of the earth nearest to the sun gets the fullest benefits of the heat from the sun and thus summer happens. Fall or autumn…
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September 27, 2015 Physical Science
In the early 1960s, NASA began work on the most famous space exploration project in history, which would culminate in 1969 with the first successful manned landing on the moon. This is a brief history of a project that ended…
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