Physical Science

What to do if you see a UFO? Well for one, try not to panic! Secondly, half of people would go get a camera or something, if it is close enough for you to believe that it is a UFO…
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Seeing into space was a challenge overcome by the invention of telescopes; they allowed us to view objects close to the Earth’s atmosphere. This barrier which protects us from harmful radiation also creates an atmospheric distortion, the twinkling of the…
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Structure in the universe can be observed over a vast range of distances. At the smaller end are the solar systems. Not only are the earth and other planets orbiting the sun, but telescopes have now revealed other suns with…
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The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most successful pieces of scientific equipment ever built. Although expensive, since its launch over 20 years ago, Hubble has generated an incredible quantity of new science. Topics in astronomy which have benefited…
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The fourth planet in the Solar System, Mars, the red Planet is the closest example to the Earth that we have so far discovered. Its ice caps are similar to ours and prove the presence of water on the ground,…
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Could there be life on other planets? I imagine that somewhere in the universe a sentient being is asking that same question, perhaps even writing about it in some manner. It is almost impossible to think about life on another…
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Why should the Moon be the next target of exploration? NASA has already sent manned missions to the Moon, and the astronauts have already brought back to Earth many pounds of rocks from our nearest orbiting neighbor. In fact, scientists…
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Shepherd moons are the outer space answers to some of earth’s quirkiness! More along that line, they are caretakers of the planet’s rings. At least that is the theory surrounding the smaller moon like substances that appear to put fences…
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The Apollo program led to the greatest achievement of mankind to date. To visit another world and return back safely home. It was an unprecedented endeavor that besides its historical significance offered great technological innovations, inspiration, and vision. Most of…
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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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