Physical Science

The moon does not emit light of its own. Instead, it is illuminated, meaning it reflects light from the sun. As it revolves round the Earth, a person can see the moon in different shapes. At times, the moon may…
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On September 23, 1846 the German astronomer, Johann Galle (1812 – 1910), discovered the planet that is now designated Neptune. Galle’s discovery of the planet had come about a result of the work done by the French mathematician, Urbain Leverrier…
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What really happens the instant the sun blinks off? Nothing at all, for about eight minutes, the time it takes light to travel to Earth from the sun. Then it would truly be a terrifying darkness that would engulf the…
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So what is Deuterium? Deuterium, also known as heavy hydrogen, is an isotope of hydrogen. Its atomic mass is estimated around 2 and its nucleus has double the mass of a normal hydrogen nucleus. Its nucleus consists of one proton…
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A spark appears in the void.  The spark cannot be seen because the void is a dimensionless non-place.  Nothing can exist here – not the spark, not even empty space.   And the spark is time. The spark of time must…
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Power outages lasting for months and disrupted global communications are just part of the forecasted “global Katrina” that could push the limits to our ability to adapt in the age of technology. The U.K. Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1359136/Global-Katrina-Biggest-solar-storm-cause-power-cuts-MONTHS.html) paints a sobering…
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The ATLAS experiment is a collaboration of 3000 physicists from over 174 universities and laboratories in 38 countries around the world. Its purpose is to study the basic forces of physical reality in such detail as has never been possible…
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Helium is a monatomic inert gas that is the second least reactive element in nature. (Neon is still less reactive.) It is also one of the least complex elements, having only 2 protons in its nucleus. Helium’s 2 valence electrons…
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When NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mapped the tiny Martian moon, Phobos and beamed back photos of the small, potato-shaped satellite, a furor broke out amongst space buffs. There, on the surface in plain view, stood a large rectangular object…
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Nikola Tesla, is the great “creator” of electricity. He is best known for making marketable use of electricity and even other advances with the use of electricity and electromagnetism, which was a great find at the time and marked a…
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