Astronomy
Found: Theoretical Supernova Actually Exists
[/caption] Astronomers have identified a type of supernova that appears to be a type predicted in theory but never actually…
High School Students Get Published in Astrophysics Journal
From the left: Klaus Beuermann (group leader), Jens Diese (back,teacher), and the high-school students Joshua Zachmann (front), Alexander-Maria Ploch (back),…
How Long Does it Take Uranus to Orbit the Sun?
[/caption] Uranus orbits the Sun much further than the Earth, and so it takes much longer to orbit the Sun.…
How Long Does it Take Pluto to Orbit the Sun?
[/caption] Because Pluto orbits much further from the Sun than Earth, it takes much longer to orbit the Sun. In…
How Long Does it Take Neptune to Orbit the Sun
[/caption] Neptune orbits much further away from the Sun than the Earth, so its orbit takes much longer. In fact,…
How Fast is the Speed of Light?
You may think that a lot of things are fast, like speeding bullets and Superman and the passage of time…
What is a Subduction Zone?
IF you don’t know anything about plate tectonics you might be wondering about what is a subduction zone. A subduction…
Geomagnetic Reversal
[/caption] Geomagnetic reversal is when the orientation of the Earth’s magnetic field becomes reversed. Thus, magnetic north and south switch…
Angular Motion
You watch something (some distance from you) move … its direction changes … that's angular motion. In other words, as…
Robots in Space
When it comes to exploring the hostile environment of space, robots have done a lot (if not most) of the…