Physical Science

Are we alone in the universe? It’s one of those fundamental questions which caused us to send satellites to the distant corners of the galaxy and unmanned rovers tracking across the surface of Mars; looking for, among other things, evidence…
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The Perseid meteor shower, which occurs roughly between August 10 and August 14 every year and is most prominent in the northern hemisphere, is the result of the Earth flying through a cloud of meteors and debris left by the…
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In August 2010, NASA released the next major discovery by its highly-touted Kepler Mission space telescope: another solar system with multiple planets, like our own. This discovery was long expected, but until the launch of the Kepler telescope, available technology…
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It has been said that there’s nothing in the universe except pain and misfortune. Whether or not that includes the 57 aliens who have supposedly been cataloged is a matter of opinion. The Disclosure Project is well known for blowing…
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Upon first hearing that that there were (allegedly) 57 alien species which had been clandestinely catalogued, I couldn’t help but wonder who had been abusing ketchup. (That would be Heinz – 57 varieties.) Still, it is always fair to hear…
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“Why the big secret? People are smart. They can handle it.” “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five…
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Ever since the USSR launched Sputnik in the 50’s, it seemed like space really was going to be the next frontier to be aggressively colonized, or at least to the extent that humans could get there. What started off as…
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Are we alone in the universe? This is the mother of all questions and one that has probably haunted us as a species from the time the first primitive human happened to glance skywards. If you look up on a…
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Over the last few months NASA has been searching for planets outside our own solar system with the Kepler space telescope. It seems this objective to find additional planets has been reached with the recent discovery of two new planets….
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For me the two sweetest words in the English language are low cost, as long as a product is low in price and not “cheap” it will usually grab my attention. That’s why I have such a love of the…
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