Physical Science

A dark nebula is an interstellar cloud that is so powerful it blocks the emission of light. These dark nebulas are rare occurrences, due to the complicated number of factors required for their creation. While the largest nebula formations are visible…
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Graphene is the modern Flubber – an atom-thick carbon film originally created by lifting layers from a chunk of graphite (the material which makes up pencil leads) with sticky tape. Graphene is strong, light, flexible and a superconductor. Graphene has already been…
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The Crab Nebula is one of the most intensely studied and most beautiful of objects to be found in the night sky. This beautifully coloured swirling cloud of interstellar gas can easily be seen with binoculars and low grade telescopes….
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On March 30, 2010, two beams collided at 7 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider, setting the world record for the highest energy man-made particle collisions to date. The first article based on previous, lower energy LHC collisions has been…
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The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus and possibly the most intensely studied bright nebula in the Universe. The Crab Nebula is approximately 6,500…
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The American space agency, NASA, has announced a bold and visionary plan that hearkens back to the glory days of the early space program. Yes, the plan is complicated and may be tough to pull off—and it is rocket science—but…
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Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) was a French mathematician of the late Enlightenment period, as well as a political figure in post-revolutionary France (where he earned the title marquis during the short-lived Bourbon Restoration). He was responsible for a number of important…
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We are ready to go where none have gone before, ready to do what needs to be done, at any cost. We have skills, maturity, stamina, experience, and most of all the will and determination to get the job done….
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The ion thruster, which uses electrical power from solar panels to power a rocket firing an ion beam instead of one that burns solid or liquid fuel, is an old idea which has become increasingly influential in recent years thanks…
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The evening of April 30, 1006, would have started like any other spring evening in north-central Egypt. As the sun set, the mid-80 degree temperatures would have sluiced off like water down a drain, dropping quickly into the low- to…
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