Physical Science

When Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon for the first time in human history, he declared that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind’. However, when the time comes for us to extend our reach to the…
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Maybe you are brand-new at searching for constellations or maybe you are already familiar with them. Maybe you’d just like to take in the beauty of the cosmos or maybe you’d just like to see what is taking place miles…
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Paleoanthropology: Dating the Cave Deposits of South Africa Both the South African sites of Sterkfontein and Makapansgat are comprised of cave deposits with sediments that are calcified as cave breccia. This includes the South African sites of Kromdraai and Swartkrans,…
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In 459 BC, a Greek philosopher named Anaxagoras stated, “The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens.”  Humankind, through the centuries and around the world, created legends around the sun in attempts to…
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Aliens are a popular subject today, more popular than perhaps at any other time in history. Whether it is seeing alien craft or being kidnapped and experimented upon, mmmmm anal probes, they are all around in popular culture. Aliens are…
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With the first flights NASA’s new Orion spacecraft set to take place over the next several years, new human voyages beyond low Earth orbit are set to inspire a new generation of America’s children. To celestial bodies beckon: the Moon…
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Sky Maps Can you imagine traveling in a strange country, in a new car, driving on the “wrong” side of the road with no street signs available anywhere? And, of course, no one knows your language! This is how navigating…
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Astronomy will always be the final frontier in human knowledge. No matter how advanced we become, we will never be able to explore even a tiny fraction of the universe.Some of the greatest mysteries are yet to be solved.Expansion of…
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Back in early grade school, we were taught that there were three states of matter. Solids are substances whose atoms are packed tight enough and moving slow enough that the molecule retains its same shape and same volume. Liquids are…
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Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun in our solar system. The discovery of Neptune is remarkable in the sense that it is predicted with mathematical accuracy. Both John Couch Adams and Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier are credited…
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