My Popular Articles
- Tools Used in Celestial Navigation and its History
- Helium 3 - Tomorrow's Energy Source within Our Grasp
- The Possibilities of Mining Asteroids and the Moon for Resources
- Two Early Space Explorers - John Glenn and Yuri Gagarin
- Dwarf Planet to Plutoid. Promotion or Demotion?
- Astronomy Lessons for Children
- Using Modern Technology to Rediscover Ancient Greek Science
- Can We Establish a Base on Mars?
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Tools Used in Celestial Navigation and its History
Humans have been using the Sun, Moon, and stars to get around the planet ever since they started traveling. Find out what tools have been used throughout the history of celestial navigation and who invented them.Published on May 19, 2011 to Space
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Two Early Space Explorers - John Glenn and Yuri Gagarin
Two of the first humans to venture into space were John Glenn, from America, and Yuri Gagarin, from the USSR. While the Soviet space program's Gagarin was the first man in space, Glenn was the first American, orbiting in the spacecraft Friendship...Published on April 6, 2011 to Space
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Using Modern Technology to Rediscover Ancient Greek Science
The Archimedes Palimpsest Project is using modern technology to read the Ancient Greek science of Archimedes himself. The US Department of Energy’s Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is working with X-ray vision and other imaging technology to decipher...Published on March 29, 2011 to Space
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Astronomy Lessons for Children
Many parents prefer to educate their children at home these days. But how can you teach astronomy if you aren't an astronomer?Published on September 12, 2009 to Space
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The Possibilities of Mining Asteroids and the Moon for Resources
Is mining in space a real possibility or just a science fiction plot? It's not only possible, but will soon be "business as usual!"Published on September 11, 2009 to Space
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Can We Establish a Base on Mars?
Is it possible? Could we build a base or colony on Mars withing the next fifty years? Maybe!Published on September 10, 2009 to Space
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Helium 3 - Tomorrow's Energy Source within Our Grasp
Is there a perfect fuel within our grasp? One University of Wisconsin prof. thinks so. And he's already making it!Published on August 28, 2009 to Space
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Dwarf Planet to Plutoid. Promotion or Demotion?
Pluto, once considered a planet, then a dwarf planet has now been re-classified to a Plutoid. Is this a promotion or a demotion?Published on August 21, 2009 to Space