Physical Science

Growing up, I used to call Mars the “Angry Planet,” due to the sharp resemblance between our neighboring planet and that of a reddened face of an angry cartoon character. It was for small reasons like this that I became…
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We still struggle to reach space. Each space mission reminds us that we cannot assume that it is easy to get into space. This week’s mission to launch an Orbital Taurus XL rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the…
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One of the hottest debates in all of astronomy is whether or not Pluto is a planet. After a long battle the IAU decided that Pluto was no longer a planet, and that it would be reclassified to reflect that….
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Black Holes<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />Black holes are formed by supernovas, which are huge stars blowing up. (Imagine a bomb blowing up. Then imagine something five octillion time bigger-5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times bigger-That is a small supernova!) A black…
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On some of your listings, are not famous or has NOTHING to due with the subject of UFOs. And your listings are not that good, etc. ========================= Examples: “Listing for tabloids..News in tabloids..” Come on.I mean many people don’t take…
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U.F.O. Contact are we ready? One hot summer afternoon I was walking my dog along a grassy area next to a freeway. Suddenly the dog stopped and stood still looking towards the freeway. I looked too and to my utter…
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A friend of mine and I were discussing this very topic the other night, and to my surprise this is a hotter debate than I imagined. We are both college educated, in our middle 20’s and have roughly the same…
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Mercury is a small, rocky moon-like planet.  Up until recently has been the second smallest planet in the Solar System, however, since Pluto has been demoted from a planet to a ‘dwarf planet’ Mercury is now the smallest planet in the Solar…
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Steven Hawking recently suggested that a meeting between humans and an extraterrestrial species might not turn out well for the humans. As an example he used the encounter between the native inhabitants of the Americas and the invading Europeans. It…
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Both of my kids are fascinated by the celestial bodies, my son John who is 15 years old have always been keen in learning about astronomy. Even when John was still a child and so is my 12 year old…
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