Check here for what’s to come! Permanent post for updates, upcoming posts, and news and will be updated frequently…Stay Tuned! UPCOMING POSTS In no particular order, but will be covering these topics in the near future. Posts “Age of Earth and Age of the Universe” “Temperature of the Universe” “Star Deaths” “Anti-Matter” “Dark Energy” “Parallel … Continue reading
Asteroids are an excellent source of natural resources (minerals, etc.) As stated in the U.S. fiscal year of 2014 budget, NASA requested $100 million to initiate plans to capture an asteroid, haul it into the lunar orbit, and send manned missions to the asteroid by 2025! Mining an asteroid in the future could help resupply … Continue reading
What is the difference between anti-matter and dark matter? Is there anything anti-matter and dark matter have in common? Anti-matter is the idea of negative matter, or matter with the same mass but opposite an charge and quantum spin than that of normal matter. Anti-matter is just like normal matter with different properties. The antimatter … Continue reading
“TO INFINITY AND BEYOND” Mysteries galaxies cover, Restlessness stars show, Beauty planets exhibit, In the infinity and beyond! From minuscule neutrinos to the expanding Universe, astronomy rules the Fabric of the Cosmos. But in my birthplace, the sky is hidden by a mask of light pollution and fossil fuel wastes. I often pondered what lay … Continue reading
It is true that all living things come from stardust. In about 5 billion years, our Sun will have swelled to a red giant and engulfed the inner planets, ready to explode in a supernova. Supernovae enrich the interstellar medium with high mass elements, like iron and calcium. The high energy from supernovae also triggers … Continue reading
For the last few months, if you stayed tuned to my “8 Planets” series, I updated information on each of the planets and major moons, taking you on a journey through the solar system. From Mercury to Neptune, the solar system holds many wonders, twists and turns, and bizarre objects. Coincidentally, the 8 posts, corresponding … Continue reading
LAST STOP: NEPTUNE! The last planet Neptune, is quite a spectacle, essentially a blue marble. As with Uranus, methane (trace amount) gives Neptune its blue coloration. Named after the Roman god of the seas Neptune was noted by Galileo in 1612, but discovered as a planet by Urbain Le Vernier, John Couch Adams and Johann … Continue reading
