Physical Science

Deep Space Exploration – The Reality So Far Remember the heady days of space exploration?  The Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions, Sputnik and Soyuz, Viking landers on Mars, Voyager and Pioneer missions looking at the furthest reaches of our Solar System?……….Where are they…
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Among the many mysteries of the life of Italian Renaissance priest Giordano Bruno (1558-1600) was how he made the inference that the sun was a star and that the stars were all suns.  Although he was among the few Europeans…
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When humans dream of human escape to space through spaceflight and exploration, the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) comes to the front of our minds. From the first rudimentary leaps beyond the earth’s atmosphere, to the first mammals that…
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The Magnificent structure that is Olympus Mons Being the largest volcano in the Solar System at 27KM above the mean surface level, Olympus Mons is among the most interesting of Martian features, and has therefore raised many questions about how…
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The SETI program, or the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence program has been looking for alien civilizations for decades now, and has had no luck finding anything. Why is that? Is it because we truly are alone, or is it because…
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That’s One Giant Leapfrog For Mankind President Obama’s budget shows plans to leapfrog the moon, putting an end to the Constellation programme.  Many believe that the money should be pushed back into research that might yet help to save our…
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What separates terrestrial planets from Jovian planets is their composition. Earth and Mars are both examples of terrestrial planets, all of the planets in the inner solar system are terrestrial. Terrestrial simply means that the planet is made up primarily…
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By its very nature – and perhaps more so than other sciences – the future of astronomy remains with what today remains unseen.  As an endeavor astronomy includes observation with instruments such as optical and radio telescopes plus precise measurements…
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The existence of UFOs and Extra Terrestrials now cannot be disputed. The evidence that they have been coming here over the years and, indeed, over the centuries, is born out in the carvings that are seen in caves, and the…
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The Mars Cycler – The Future of Mars Exploration and Colonization In the early 1980s a celebrated astronaut and scientist began work that may one day make his initial concept a reality.  His dream was to create a ‘cycler’ spacecraft…
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