Main sequence stars – Astronomy
Main sequence stars: A starry sky with the Milky Way galaxy (thanks to Bernd Nies) What is a main sequence star? Nine out of ten stars that you see in the sky [...]
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Jupiter – Planets – Astronomy
Jupiter from space Jupiter (named after the Roman god Jupiter) is the next planet further out from our Sun after Mars. But Jupiter is much, much further away from the Sun than Mars is. If [...]
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What is inertia? Physics – Science
The bus is heavy, so it's hard to get it moving. Who first wrote about inertia? A law of physics first suggested by the Uzbek scientist Ibn Sina about 1000 AD states that [...]
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Space – Astronomy – Physics
Lyrid meteor shower - Space Most of the universe is just emptiness - there is nothing there at all. It's dark. That's space. But within the space there is a [...]
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What is gravity? Physics
What is gravity? The Moon orbiting Earth (taken from space) - NASA What does gravity do? Gravity attracts all objects towards each other. Gravity has been around since the very [...]
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What is a galaxy? – Astronomy – Space science
The galaxy M 100, seen through the Hubble telescope What is a galaxy? A galaxy is a group of millions of stars that are relatively near each other. Most stars seem to [...]
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Eclipse of the sun – Astronomy
Eclipse of the sun, showing the corona Why do eclipses happen? An eclipse of the sun happens whenever the moon gets between the Earth and the sun, so that the moon blocks your view of [...]
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Eclipse of the Moon – Space science
An eclipse of the moon. You can see the curved shadow of the Earth. What is an eclipse of the moon? An eclipse of the moon happens when the Earth gets between [...]
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Earthquakes and algae – the planet Earth
Molten lava: the beginnings of planet Earth What is the Earth made of? Most of the molecules that smashed together to make the Earth were iron. The smashing together released a [...]
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How old is the Earth? – Astronomy
Earth from space: How old is the Earth? When did the Earth form? Like Mercury and Venus and the other planets that go around the Sun, the Earth probably formed a little more than four and a [...]
