Who Discovered Gravity?
Among Sir Isaac Newton’s many contributions to science was the discovery of gravity. one of the fundamental forces of the Universe
Among Sir Isaac Newton’s many contributions to science was the discovery of gravity. one of the fundamental forces of the Universe
One of the best dusk apparitions of the planet Mercury occurs this weekend… this event also sets us up for a very special event next month: a transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun.
Now that Advanced LIGO has made the first direct detection of gravitational waves, what does the future of gravitational wave astronomy hold in store?
Between existing and theoretical technology, it would take a very long time to get to Proxima Centauri, the nearest star. But it is possible…
With countless contributions to the sciences, Stephen Hawking is one of the greatest living minds, and one of the greatest scientific minds that ever lived
When it comes to scientists who revolutionized the way we think of the universe, few names stand out like Galileo Galilei. A noted inventor, physicist, engineer and astronomer, Galileo was one of the greatest contributors to the Scientific Revolution. He build telescopes, designed a compass for surveying and military use, created a revolutionary pumping system, …
Let us discuss the very nature of the cosmos. What you may find in this discussion is not what you expect. Going into a conversation about the universe as a whole, you would imagine a story full of wondrous events such as stellar collapse, galactic collisions, strange occurrences with particles, and even cataclysmic eruptions of …
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“How far can you see with that thing?” It’s a common question overhead at many public star parties in reference to telescopes. In the coming weeks as the Moon passes Full and moves out of the evening sky, we’d like to challenge you to hunt down a bright example of one of the most distant …
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Close by the Sun is Mercury, a practically atmosphere-like world that has a lot of craters. Until NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft arrived there in 2008, we knew very little about the planet — only part of it had been imaged! But now that the spacecraft has been circling the planet for a few years, we know …
Early astronomers realized some of the “stars” in the sky were planets in our Solar System, and really, only then did we realize Earth is a planet too. Now, we’re finding planets around other stars, and thanks to the Kepler Space Telescope, we’re able to find planets that are even smaller than Earth. This great …
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