Physical Science

The United Nations General Assembly agreed in 2005 to a resolution to establish a Decade of Contact and diplomatic relations with extraterrestrials. While this sounds encouraging, little has been done since then. On Dec. 18, 1978, the UN voted to…
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The Drake Equation is a large and fairly vague mathematical system for working out how many other extra-terrestrial life forms there are in the universe that have reached a recognised level of civilization. That is not only other races but…
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Astonishingly advanced alien super-civilizations may dwell within gigantic black holes within the galactic nuclei! So proclaims eminent astrophysicist and researcher Dr. Vyacheslav Dokuchaev at the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. “Advanced civilizations may…
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Stars in many cases are just like people. Some big, some small and all levels between. Some have short lives living a maximum potential(Supernova)or live a more quieter life slowing fading away into the canvas of deep space. What does…
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At the risk of “self-plagiarism” from another site (poetry.com,) it seems that a little poem, written some years ago, is somewhat pertinent. It goes, as follows: FUTURESThe future of mankind, what shall it be?Out to the stars, or back up…
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The speed of light in a “vacuum” is known as a fundamental constant of nature. It may well be that the significance of this has been overlooked. The work of Albert Einstein, as brilliant as it was, may well have…
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Very often, while observing the sky, others ask how I find stuff so quickly without aid of a computer. I use a Meade 4.5″ Newtonian, which looks pretty amateurish, set up next to some of the scopes at the observing…
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To the best of my knowledge, I’ve never seen an alien. However, I have seen a “flying saucer” so to speak. It was only there for a second. I couldn’t prove I saw it, but I know I did. Of…
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The question of how many stars exist in the universe is a truly terrifying one when you consider what lies beyond any limit we can imagine. To begin with, an attempt to quantify in one number is meaningless because such…
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The sixth planet from the Sun in our solar system, Saturn is a planet that has both fascinated and left scientists speechless, with more questions raised than the answers so far known about it. It is a planet that is…
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