Physical Science

Do You Believe? There are those who won’t even entertain the thought that the earth has been visited by beings from another world. One might go as far as to say that most are non-believers. To date, the most common…
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Sometimes it really does pay to be frugal, in a hobby that not only requires a considerable investment of time but also slurps down cold hard cash like the world is ending. Since starting out in this hobby I have…
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Discussions about the Mayan Calender always seem to get bogged down with technicalities. The complicated calenders used in unison with each other boggle our mind today in dominate societies that are used to a simple direct Roman calendar. So, I…
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Astronomy should never be confused with astrology. Astronomy (law of the stars), is the scientific study of celestial objects. Astrology is the belief system which claims that human affairs are correlated with the positions of celestial objects. In early times,…
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The Sun has always had pride of place in our little corner of the universe, and also an almost indescribably important role in our religions, myths and art. In recent centuries, scientists have discovered much that is fascinating about the…
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This week over 100 scientists from around the world came to Huntsville, Alabama to talk about magnetic reconnection. What is reconnection and why do they care about it? Reconnection refers to a particular way that magnetic fields from different sources…
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The great excitement of the 1960’s space program is just a fond memory now. Recently, the fortieth anniversary of the moon landing came and went, and what have we accomplished since? Sure, robotic missions are great scientific tools, and traveling…
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How Eclipses Impact Us? Definition of an eclipse: An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when one object in the sky moves into the shadow of another. The term is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse,…
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Dark energy is a universal phenomena that has yet to be explainable. Dark energy is a term that came about quite by accident, when in the 1990’s astronomers decided to figure out how fast the universe was expanding. The belief…
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On Wednesday, September 8, 2010 two small asteroids passed near to Earth in two separate incidents. Over the last several days NASA officials have been watching these asteroids closely. Asteroids 2010 RX30 and 2010 RF12 are not visible to the…
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