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Black Hole

Posted on April 30, 2023 by niqretnuh

When I was a kid, I struggled to understand the meaning of a “black hole”. I was baffled how an object can suck in everything around it and never be full. In elementary school, my science teacher told us that “your chair were to contract indefinitely, it will become a black hole that will be […] Continue reading →

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Drake Equation

Posted on April 30, 2023 by niqretnuh

How many civilizations are there in our galaxy? As a kid, I was awestruck by the knowledge of just how small we are as compared to the universe. The concept of “me” is nothing more than a tiny stardust living in 1 of the 100 billion star systems in our galaxy. However, if there are […] Continue reading →

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Solar Eclipse

Posted on April 9, 2023 by niqretnuh

The Sun provides us the most necessary elements for life, and is the reason why we can see whatever surrounds us. The objects reflect sunlight and as those light reaches our eyes, we pick up the signals and “see” the objects. What would the world look like if the sun were to magically disappear? Solar […] Continue reading →

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Pluto: New Horizon

Posted on April 9, 2023 by niqretnuh

Pluto, a dwarf planet farther out than Neptune in the Kuiper Belt, was once thought to be the ninth planet of our solar system. However, the discovery of Pluto’s moon, Charon, led to the revision of calculations on Pluto’s mass, and the redefinition of planets finally “kicked” Pluto out of the solar system planets since […] Continue reading →

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Star Formation

Posted on March 8, 2023 by niqretnuh

When I was a kid, I thought stars were mysterious, distant, beautiful little things in the sky. I often pictured them as little beacons far out into the universe where the “spacemans” – a cute figment of my imagination – use to locate themselves once they get lost in the dark. A polar opposite of […] Continue reading →

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Nuclear Fusion

Posted on March 8, 2023 by niqretnuh

At noon on a hot summer’s day, have you ever wondered how the Sun acquires so much energy that the light coming from it, 150 million kilometers away, can bring so much heat that it even burns your eyes and skin? The answer lies in hydrogen fusion happening in the Sun’s core. In its initial […] Continue reading →

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Blog 2 – Tides: my thoughts from the anime Avatar: the Last Airbender

Posted on February 13, 2023 by niqretnuh

One of my favorite poetic interpretations of tides comes from the anime “Avatar–the last airbender”. In the episode “The Siege of the North”, the root of the mysterious power of “water-bending” is explained to stem from the moon, and the power of tides. The goddesses “tui (推)” and “la (拉)” (“push” and “pull”) directs the […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 2, 2023 by niqretnuh

Astronomer: Nicolaus Copernicus Historical Events around the time of this Astronomer Historical figure A Brief Reflection Continue reading →

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Introduction

Posted on January 17, 2023 by niqretnuh

Hi! My name is Hunter Qin and this is my first post on wordpress. I am from Qingdao, China and went to school in Potomac, Maryland next to Washington DC.

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