Physical Science

Edgar “Ed” Mitchell (1930-present) was a NASA astronaut and engineer, who walked on the moon as part of Apollo 14 in 1971. Like other early American astronauts, he was recruited from research and test piloting duties in the armed forces….
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Unidentified Flying Objects are multi-faceted mysteries. Many authors have explored the UFO enigma. Some have speculated that UFOs represent interplanetary craft, while others approach the subject from a more exotic viewpoint, giving thought to the theories of inter-dimensional beings. Regardless…
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As a homeschooling parent, I taught science with a more hands on approach. I included several activities and experiments from a variety of sources. There are countless activities out there for students to do to learn more about the Sun,…
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Ever since the human race ever existed, There was always this question that rose in every man and woman’s head, Are we alone in this universe? are there any signs of other life elsewhere outside this planet? What kind of…
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As I type this, I realize that there are two parts to this question. The answer to the first part is very complex, but it can easily be explained in layman’s terms. The sun is a plasma that is located…
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The star that serves as our sun is nearly 4.6 billion years old and consists of extremely hot plasma. The sun’s mass is more than every planet in our solar system put together and can generates enormous amounts of energy…
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The existence of aliens is something that has fascinated people for many years, and has yet to be proved either to be true or false. Thousands of people will attest that they have seen UFOs in the sky at night,…
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In 2010, Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking made headlines by proclaiming on his documentary miniseries, Stephen Hawking’s Universe, that the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is a bad idea because it may end up attracting unwanted attention – interstellar alien travellers…
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Eugene “Gene” Cernan (1934-present) is a retired American astronaut who flew in space three times during his career with NASA: once in Project Gemini, and then again on Apollo 10 and Apollo 17. He is currently the last human being…
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NASA’s and the European Space Agency’s sun satellite, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), is a satellite launched in 1995 to study the Sun and help predict space weather. SOHO will remain operational at least until 2012, and its original…
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