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Tricky travel 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
One way to travel faster than light? Slow light down. Light naturally travels slower in transparent medium such as water or glass than it does in a vacuum. For more Space-Astronomy tips, visit http:/...
A shadow of doubt 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Although most people refute that Faster-than-Light travel is possible, there are some things that can surpass the speed of light in a vacuum: A shadow hitting a wall at an oblique angle, and the spot ...
Astrolabe 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
An Astrolabe is a scientific instrument used to measure altitude, including the height of objects. It is commonly used to find sunrise/sunset times and celestial positions. You can make your own simpl...
Starting out 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Stargazing can be an enjoyable pastime, if you know where to start. The Big Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, is a common starting point. Commonly found in the northeast or northwest portion of...
Comet 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
If you want instant fame, start scouring the images taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a satellite which orbits the sun and is used to study its surface. Over four hundred comets ...
And here are the stars, Galileo! 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Galileo did not invent the telescope, as is thought by many. Rather, a Dutch spectacle maker by the name of Hans Lippershey is touted as the person who built the first telescope. So, why don't we have...
The History of the Future 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
If you are in New York City or plan on visiting soon, stop by the American Museum of Natural History. Their new Rose Center for Earth and Space, opened in 2000, is something to see. It is an all-inclu...
Constantly Debated 18 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
The cosmological constant is a hypothetical repulsive pressure that was used by Einstein to keep the universe from being pulled together by gravity. It is now being used in a new theory to allow for a...
Nobody's Perfect...? 17 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Albert Einstein, the ultimate genius, apparently left his brain on the mantle when trying to assert his view of a "static", or unmoving, universe. The Cosmological Constant he added to his equations h...
A big job for the Supernova 16 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
The discovery of a Type Ia supernova five million light years away may finally answer the question of whether the universe is finite or infinite. All type Ia supernovas regardless of distance emit the...
