Author Archives: Liam Prescott

Black Holes info

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Liam Prescott

There are places where amazing things happen. More specifically, there are points in space within which gravity pulls so tightly and on such a small area of surface that the space collapses in on itself, The space bends so much that even light, the fastest thing known to exist, can not escape its grasp. These […] Continue reading →

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The Coolest Telescope

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Liam Prescott

The James Webb telescope, unveiled on December 25 2021, is by far the coolest telescope. Webb has the power to view infrared light rays from exoplanets that are potentially habitable. Also the innovative technological achievement can better observe our own solar system and the first galaxies that were formed 13.5 billion years ago. It has […] Continue reading →

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The myth of travelling at Light Speed

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Liam Prescott

3*10^8 m/s. Wow. It’s practically impossible to conceptualize something moving 300 thousand Kilometers every single second, but believe it or not photons are doing this as we speak. To put this blistering pace into perspective, the distance from the North Pole to the South Pole is about 20,000 kilometers. Not even close to the length […] Continue reading →

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Pink Floyd probably didn’t study Astronomy

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Liam Prescott

Although it’s one of my favorite albums, Dark Side of the Moon is not consistent with our scientific discoveries in space. There is no dark side of the moon. Continue reading →

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