Sunday Science

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Warp speed! The ability to travel faster than light has long been a staple of science fiction. But recent developments have some NASA scientists thinking that move great distances in […]

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Branes!  And no, it’s not a new Zombie cereal knockoff. You know, like how they have Choco-Pebbles in the 50lb bags at the store? Anyhoo, Brane theory (short for Membrane […]

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I have always been fascinated by physics.  Waaay back when, I was a freshman in college with dreams of being a gravitational astronomer working with LIGO. LIGO is the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory […]

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Cosmic rays.  Where would the Fantastic Four be without them? So what is the real deal with cosmic rays? Cosmic rays are super tiny particles that slam into the Earth’s […]

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Galaxies. Now there is a BIG topic. The basic definition of a galaxy is a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational […]

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Wormholes. A staple of science fiction that is often used to explain how the characters are able to travel around the universe without having to go into a ton of […]

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Quasars.  Cool name ( and a cool Marvel super-hero back in the day) but what are they? Quasar stands for Quasi Stellar Object, and they are the brightest and most […]

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[vc_column width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [/vc_column] [vc_column_text width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] Science! Just saying the word brings chills to the youth of today. I mean, how can science compete with “American Idle” […]