Physical Science

Astronomers have known for a long time that there is water vapor and ice on Mars. This is, of course, good news, but even better news would be that there was actual running water on the planet as well. Now,…
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Water is the main element of life on Earth. All forms of life depend on water. It was the place where life first evolved on this planet. So finding water on another planet suggests that same form of evolution can…
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A neutron star is an extremely compressed star with high densities similar to those found in the nucleus of an atom. The densely, compacted neutron star could contain in its interior thousands of earth-like planets. The size of a neutron…
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Dwarf planets are all those other planet like bodies in the solar system that somehow resemble the eight planets. Once there were nine planets but  Pluto got demoted from a planet to the status of a dwarf planet. The special…
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When you hear the term, dwarf planet, you normally think of a planet that is simply smaller than those in our solar system. While this is true, in part, there are other differences. A heavenly body that is more developed…
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Saturn is named after the Roman god of agriculture Saturn, the father of Jupiter, the king of the Roman gods. Saturnalia is an Ancient Roman festival that was held in honor of the god Saturn.  Saturn is bright enough to…
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In ancient times, our Solar System was seen as a fixed configuration of a few planets and the Sun circling the Earth.  With the help of the Hubble Telescope and several deep space probes, man’s ability to study the stars…
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By using increasingly powerful telescopes, fitted with various instruments to analyse the quality of the light collected from objects such as stars and galaxies, and by making calculations based on their observations, astronomers down the centuries have been able to…
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Move over Battlestar Galactica and Starship Enterprise, the UK is about to launch a swarm of spaceships into orbit around the sun. Space scientists are planning for just such a spectacular mission after the recent success of the NASA mission…
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The biggest problems with the geocentric model of the universe is age. Although the model that is two thousand years old and has been updated and error after error has been corrected, it still remains a fossilized idea. The Ptolemaic…
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