My Popular Articles
- What Causes Widow's Peak Hair? Is Genetics Involved?
- What Are the Requirements to Become an Astronaut?
- Nothing But the Facts About Ganymede, Jupiter's Largest Moon
- Nothing But The Facts - Christiaan Huygens
- Newton’s Laws and How They Apply to Astronomy
- Galaxy Supercluster Complexes: Filaments of Space
- The Difference between the Heliocentric and the Geocentric Models
- The Differences between Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites and Comets
- The Forces Which Keep the Moon in Orbit
- Jupiter's Period of Rotation
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About Me
Vincent is a chemist with much experience in laboratory electroplating and electroforming state-of-the-art microwave electronic devices for use in radio telescopy. He enjoys taking deep topics in the physical sciences and, without dumbing them down, putting them in a format easier for the general public to grasp and to broaden its intellectual horizons. By doing this he is, himself, instructed.
My Awards & Certifications
BS in Chemistry 1973, Drexel University. Successfully completed many graduate courses through the University of Virginia's Citizen Scholar Program.
My Experience
23 Years working for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, Virginia.
My Latest Articles
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Black Holes? Chandra Suggests Proof: NGC 3115 Hot Gas Backflow
Science fact is verifiable science fiction. In the matter of black holes, at what point does—or did—the transition from fiction to the fact occur? Consider the evidence presented by Chandra concerning NGC 3115.Published on August 25, 2011 to Space
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Galaxy Supercluster Complexes: Filaments of Space
Matter in space ranges in size from subatomic particles to galaxy superclusters. In fact, there are larger objects than those—complexes of superclusters called walls or sheets. These structures, as much as one billion light-years across, resemble...Published on July 28, 2011 to Space
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Learning About the Mars Endeavour Crater
Sometimes scientists are afforded opportunities beyond those initially envisioned. The Mars rover "Opportunity" was thus well-named, since it has functioned much longer than envisioned. Additional science revelation is anticipated as the vehicle...Published on July 25, 2011 to Space
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