Physical Science

Science and science fiction have many areas that overlap. One of these areas is the significance of black holes. These unique areas of space have fascinated astronomers, science fiction writers and general individuals ever since their existence was first detected….
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Is it a comet or an asteroid? For scientists using the Hubble Telescope, it is described only as a “weird and freakish” object with six tails that was later identified as Asteroid P/2013 P5 with six dust trails that are…
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The reflection of the sun’s rays on Earth’s surface is what viewers see as the phases. A full moon occurs approximately every 28 days. The moon has several phases. The phases cause the tides. Many think that the phases affect people’s moods….
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Compounds and mixtures are two scientific terms that mean two different things but yet there is confusion between the two terms. Every physical object occupies space and it has weight, or are made of matter. Matter is any object that…
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A rocket is any vehicle that obtains thrust from a rocket engine. Thrust is the forward force caused by high velocity rearward ejected exhaust gases. A rocket engine works by action and reaction, according to Newton’s Third Law. There are…
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A practical invisibility cloak, the imaginative stuff of science fiction, fantasy and comic books, has not been invented quite yet. However, it is becoming a realistic possibility thanks to research with electromagnetic meta-materials, which are materials especially designed to bend…
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There are two kinds of Einstein’s theory of relativity. The first theory is special relativity announced in the year 1905 with the famous equation of E = mc2, that describes the propagation of matter and light at high speeds. The second theory,…
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The Kepler orbiting space telescope rocked astronomers in early December 2011 by detecting the most earth-like planet ever discovered. Thrilled scientists said the planet named Kepler-22b may have oceans, large land masses—even support life. What makes Kepler-22b especially exciting to…
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The sun, a star at the center of the solar system, is the furnace that sends energy to planet Earth and makes all life possible.  Without it, earth would be a barren, icy stone, traveling through the darkness of space. …
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Rosetta is the name of the mission and spacecraft created to drop a probe on Comet 67 P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, study it from orbit and fly by an asteroid during the trip. It is a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft, which launched on…
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