Physical Science

Aptly called “The Harvest Moon,” the first full moon nearest to the autumn equinox earned its name from farmers who would use the early moon rise for harvesting crops. During the course of the year, the moon will appear faster…
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How do you create a universe? This is a very complex question, and one many scientists have devoted their lives to finding the answer to. Their current theory is one that is widely accepted to be the right one. This…
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All black holes are caused by gravitational collapse. Such collapse can be best understood at the stellar level. However, there is nothing which contradicts the possibility that black holes could be of any size, from hundreds of thousands of stellar…
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Looking through those who argue that we never went to the Moon, I find that much of it is conjecture and gives analogies. Where is the refutation of the actual evidence? They repeat claims and analogies, but never delve into…
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Man vs. Mars. Against going: Argument 1: It’s too dangerous. Oops . . . this should be in the OPPOSITE category. Dangerous stuff is positively catnip for humans. The whole cost of the expedition could be recapitalized as a reality…
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People will eventually live on Mars because of Earth’s Global Warming? Ironically, this scenario is NOT that far-fetched! Simply, because Human Beings worldwide are using up earth’s natural resources and gradually causing a global warming all over the earth. The…
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Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. In our solar system, it is the second lightest in weight, Mercury being lighter, and the third smallest, Mercury and Pluto being smaller. It has a diameter of 4,220 miles, about half…
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When writing about the planet Mercury, there are many factors that come into mind. Before the existence of advanced studies about Mercury, it was once thought [taken from the book titled “The Universe” by David Bergamini and published in 1969]…
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In September 2010, Virgin Atlantic announced its intention to begin redeeming tickets on commercial space flights within the next 18 months – roughly, by some time in early 2012. Many passionate watchers of manned space travel have been waiting in…
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Enceladus is Saturn’s sixth-largest moon. Its name is taken from one of the giant children of Gaia in Greek mythology, who was crippled in battle with Athena and buried beneath (and therefore caused) the Sicilian volcano Mt. Etna. All of…
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