Physical Science

The last human footprints on the moon belong to Eugene Cernan and as there is no atmosphere on the moon, those footprints will remain undisturbed for millennia. As Commander of the last moon mission of the Apollo program Eugene Andrew…
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Alan Bartlett Shepard (1923-1998) was a pilot in the U.S. Navy, the first American astronaut in space, and the commander of the Apollo 14 mission to the Moon. He was decorated by the navy, by NASA, and with the Congressional…
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How Do Telescopes Work – Making a Telescope Purchase Before you make your purchase of a telescope, there are several factors you must take into consideration. One of these is the technical aspects of the telescope. When you walk into…
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Astronomy is by far the oldest science in existence, going as far back as 6,000 years. Nearly every civilization that has lived on earth has wondered about the Sun, the Moon and the stars and each has formed their own…
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Dwarf planet 2003 EL61, now known by the name Haumea (after the goddess of Hawaii), is a Kuiper Belt dwarf planet which was discovered in 2004 at a distance of 43 AU (43 times Earth’s distance from the Sun), making…
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NASA finally decided that Global Hawk will conduct its first earth science mission in June. On Thursday, 15 Jan 2009 NASA and Northrop Grumman unveiled two global hawks at Edward Air Force Base, California. Global Hawk is a version of…
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Certain questions about our existence on Earth are so fundamental that they have been incorporated into religious mythologies. These questions not only concern the origin of the Earth and the evolution of life but also extend to the origin of…
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John  Young (1930-present) was an American astronaut and engineer who flew into space first in Project Gemini, and then subsequently walked on the Moon twice as part of the Apollo project, before finishing out his space career with the first…
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Is the concern whether we are ready to meet UFO’s, or whether we are ready to meet aliens? I imagine that it’s the thought of contact with aliens, not their spaceships, that keeps people up worrying. Are we ready to…
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Our Sun is a star, and together with all the stars that we can see at night, it is part of an enormous assembly of stars called The Milky Way Galaxy. The word galaxy is the name used for very…
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