Astronomy is the oldest science. Astrophysics is relatively new. Astronomy is the root science and astrophysics is a branch. Theoretically, astronomy is the study of bodies in space; astrophysics is the study of physical processes in space. One way to…
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Meteors are commonly known as ‘shooting stars’ or ‘falling stars’, and are one of the most exciting things to see in the night sky, particularly for amateur stargazers. The night sky itself is a wondrous sight, but to see a…
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NASA’s Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) mission is comprised of two identical observatories, one following the other in orbit around the Earth. The satellites are known as STEREO-A , “A” for ahead, and STEREO-B, “B” for behind, with STEREO-A leading…
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The puzzle of dark matter is one of the great unsolved problems of science. Dark matter is a theoretical idea first proposed by the Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky in 1934. Zwicky was a remarkable man who conceived dark matter, gravitational…
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Named “Perseids” because the meteors radiate from the Perseus constellation, the legendary Perseid meteor shower, peaking last month with the largest number of meteors on August 12-four weeks before the Peru meteorite hit-has always been historically connected with folklore dating…
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“If the meteorite arrives incandescent and at a high temperature because of friction in the atmosphere, hitting water can create a column of steam,” added Jos Ishitsuka, an astronomer at the Peruvian Geophysics Institute, who analyzed the object. On September…
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Mercury Symbol: Hg Atomic Number: 80 Atomic Mass: 200.59 amu (atomic mass units) Melting Point: minus 38.83 °C (234.32 K, minus 37.89 °F) Boiling Point: 356.73 °C (629.88 K, 674.11 °F) Number of Protons: 80 Number of Electrons: 80 Number…
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My idea for future space exploration would center around having a living area as well as a launching station on the surface of the moon. This will allow us to not only have manned missions to Mars but it would…
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Billion and billion years ago, this space, is expanding from a pinprick size until today, a space where we call it Universe. Since space starts to expand, the energy it possesses for expanding purpose is strong enough to push away…
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Covalent bonding is a form of intramolecular bonding that occurs as a result of a sharing of electrons between atoms, usually occuring between elements of similar electronegativity. Electrons alternate between two or more atoms, causing the atoms to attract. This…
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