Category Archives: Physics

Intelligent Life Isn’t About Blind Luck. It’s About Probability.

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Landon Peaden

ARS Technia The thought of other sentient life existing in the universe is one that comes up often. Among the religious crowd, many will argue that Earth’s existence is a perfect result of divine influence, that if just a few things were a bit different, we wouldn’t have evolved as we have done. Yes, we […] Continue reading →

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The Birth of The Solar System

Posted on February 29, 2024 by sabrinaalperin

Have you ever been curious as to where the Solar System got its start? Determining the birth of the Solar System is one of the trickiest tasks astronomers have looked at. Afterall, the formation of the solar system must determine why comets and asteroids reside where they do, predict why we have terrestrial and jovian […] Continue reading →

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Gravitational Mysteries

Posted on February 14, 2024 by The Cosmic Traveler

by me The idea of gravity, the fundamental force that controls how objects move in the universe, is both intriguing and mysterious. Gravity is a force that pulls objects toward each other; it controls everything from an apple falling from a tree to a planet’s orbit around a star. It’s a force that operates over […] Continue reading →

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What Goes Up…

Posted on February 13, 2024 by obisesoa

We all hopefully know what gravity is by now and the age-old story of Newton and the apple tree, but what less of us may know is what causes shifts in gravity, how it changes even on Earth, and how things choose to reciprocate it. While it is true that size is the defining factor […] Continue reading →

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Gravity

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Robert Navarro

What is Gravity? Gravity is the physical attraction of masses. The idea that all masses attract each other. Why Does Gravity Happen? Gravity happens due to curvature in spacetime, it bends and warps space and that space causes an attraction between the objects. Facts About Gravity Video On Gravity A January Wolf Moon Continue reading →

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How Gravity on the Space Station Actually Works

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Garrett

Chris Hadfield Juggling Tomatoes on the ISS (2013) As we have all observed, astronauts on the space station experience what appears to be zero gravity. You might think this is because the space station is far from Earth, and the force of gravity diminishes with the square of the distance, according to Newton’s Law of […] Continue reading →

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Blog Post 2 – Gravity

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Thomas Shelton

“Animation vs. Physics “ by Alan Becker on Youtube Before we get started, the video linked above is phenomenal. If you have any interest in physics, astronomy, astrophysics or anyting related, I cannot recommend this video enough. It encompasses all of these topics in a fun animated way that also gives Interstellar vibes with its […] Continue reading →

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The Laws of Conservation and How They Connect Us to the Universe

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Landon Peaden

New Scientist The poetically minded will sometimes refer to humanity as being made of “star stuff” to give some higher, grander description to our existence. No, we aren’t just a bunch of intelligent animals bickering with each other as we try to see who can destroy the world first as we’re flying through the vast […] Continue reading →

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Escape Velocity and Space Exploration

Posted on February 9, 2024 by katie shapiro

In our generation, space exploration has been an extremely valuable way to learn more about our solar system and our galaxy, the Milky Way. It is astounding that humans have been able to set foot on the moon, and that astronomical research centers have sent probes to a variety of astronomical objects within our galaxy, […] Continue reading →

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blog 2: Gravity over time

Posted on February 1, 2024 by matthewastro

Isaac Newton originally conceptualized gravity as a mutually attractive force between all objects with mass. Those who came before him, such as Galileo, had performed experiments and attempted to establish increasingly robust understandings of this force, but none quite unified the idea like Newton. The story goes that Newton saw an apple fall from a […] Continue reading →

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