Moon slowly escaping the Earth
The oceanic tides the Earth experiences due to the Moon’s gravitational effect are beneficial for aquatic and terrestrial life, not to mention …
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Nothing But the Facts About Sir Arthur Eddington: Interesting and Fun Facts About Arthur Eddington
Sir Arthur Eddington is revered as one of the best astrophysicists in modern astronomy and physics. Here are some important facts about Sir Arthur …
Continue ReadingWhat Is Star Luminosity and How Is It Measured? Let's Define Luminosity and Learn About Star Brightness
Are brighter stars more luminous than stars further away? Not necessarily. Luminosity and brightness are related, but it is possible that a distant …
Continue ReadingSome Amazing Facts About the Great Scientist Karl Schwarzschild
“I had not expected that one could formulate the exact solution of the problem in such a simple way” are some words, the great scientist Einstein once …
Continue ReadingGiga Galaxy Zoom Project: Images are Better than Ordinary Astro-Photographic Images of the Sky
The Giga Galaxy Zoom Project is an astro-photographic project which captures the Milky Way panorama in extremely fine detail. It presents three images …
Continue ReadingInformation About the Viking Mission to Mars
The Viking mission to mars was a highly anticipated experiment with technological achievements rivaling anything humans had attempted to do at the …
Continue ReadingThe European Southern Observatory - ESO: What It Is, What It Does, And Why James Bond Checked It Out
The European Southern Observatory is not a single observatory, but a vast intergovernmental organization of numerous observatories and facilities for …
Continue ReadingString Theory and Dualities, Branes and M Theory
As physicists grappled with the five string theories, they began to see connections between them. There were dualities between the strong and weak …
Continue ReadingWISE--NASA's infrared survey of the universe
NASA has yet another remarkable satellite mission–the WISE mission is launched on December 14. The $300 million venture, WISE is an infrared …
Continue ReadingFacts And Information About the Van Allen Radiation Belt
Cosmic particles, once a topic of mystery and science fiction, are found in abundance in Earth’s vicinity. In the late 1950’s, James …
Continue ReadingSpace Exploration -The Amazing success of the Voyager 2 Mission
After a few problems shortly after its launch, Voyager 2 showed its mettle, zooming past Jupiter and Saturn while taking some of the most stunning …
Continue ReadingWhat Is Albedo? What is Earth's Albedo?
Albedo is the measure of the reflective nature of an object. This dimensionless number provides important clues about celestial objects and can even …
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