Physical Science

The search for the Higgs Boson Particle, or “God’s Particle”, is something which hits the news headlines every few years. Strangely though, in a world where the media normally focuses on celebrities and the un-newsworthy, the search for the Higgs…
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Is there one or more parallel universes?  There are many ways to measure that which is almost beyond measure. Here are a few. If there is just one parallel universe one could measure light, energy, waves, particles, motion, distance and…
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Gravitational lensing is the process by which light travelling from a distant source seems to “bend” or curve around extremely dense objects that lie between the light source and the observer. It is an extremely important aspect of modern astronomy…
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Astronomy is a fascinating and rewarding subject. It is one of the few sciences that individuals can practice by themselves without needing a PhD, and its accessibility makes it attractive to people looking for a way to improve their learning….
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Learning the order of the planets in the solar system should be a relatively easy thing to do; after all there are currently only eight planets to remember. It is though very easy to forget one or to get them…
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The Geminid meteor shower is a particularly spectacular display that can be seen every December in the night sky. This shower is appropriately named because, although shooting stars can occur throughout the sky, many appear to originate from within the…
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V354 Cephei is a star. Stars are given names that are combinations of a number and the name of the constellation in which they are seen. The constellation Cepheus is a group of stars which is visible in the Northern Hemisphere that was…
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VV Cephei is a mass-exchanging eclipsing binary star which consists of VV Cephei A, a red supergiant, and VV Cephei B, a blue main sequence star. It can be found in the middle of the constellation Cephus, which gives it…
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The Garnet Star is also called Cephei. This is the largest star and it has a vibrant color of garnet red. It is 17.7  times the size of Earth’s orbit. It is also called a super-giant star. This star has…
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“When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, anything your heart desires will come to you.” These are the opening lines to the song “When You Wish Upon A Star”, written in the 1940’s for Disney’s…
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