on Did you know that all observable matter that we know of makes up less than 5% of all of the matter of the universe? It may seem unbelievable that this “normal” matter is such a tiny fraction of the matter in the universe, especially since we do not necessarily know what makes up the other… Continue Reading Dark Matter and Dark Energy
on It seems like such a daunting task, to stay away from your friends, family, and everyone else on our planet Earth. I don’t know about you, but if I had to stay isolated like that for even just weeks, I would not have a good time, to say the least. At least I would have… Continue Reading How Long Have Humans Stayed in Space?
on Modern Day With recent news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it has put many connections with the United States in jeopardy. One of these is their space partnership, with the United States and Russia both aboard the International Space Station. In fact, out of the seven people on the International Space Station, four are… Continue Reading US-Russia Space Relations
on Hopefully you didn’t take my title too seriously. The Earth is very obviously not flat, but there are people in the world that still believe so. Even with irrefutable evidence especially in our day and age about the mostly spherical shape of our planet, there are small pockets of people that have created different theories… Continue Reading Is Earth Flat?
on Adjacent to our planet in the solar system, Mars is a planet that has held the interest of humans for ages, and has been studied very thoroughly. Its characteristic red shade comes from the oxidizing of iron minerals, and there is a thin atmosphere present around the planet. Mars also holds several records in our… Continue Reading Let’s Look At: Mars
on Many things are subject to change in the lives of people today, whether it be the weather, other people present in our lives, or attitudes regarding certain things. However, constants do exist as well, and one of those concepts is time. No matter what we do, time will always march forward pretty much anywhere in… Continue Reading Time to Talk About: Time
on Tonight heading into tomorrow, a very rare spectacle will appear in the night sky: a partial lunar eclipse. This is not the first one in 2021, as there was one on May 26. Now, unfortunately for me, I was not able to see this one, but there is another chance for people to view another… Continue Reading And For Tonight’s Forecast… A Whole Lotta Red
on And now, time for a much less deep topic. First of all, we know that astronauts have stayed in space for many weeks and months on places like the International Space Station. Since they stay up in space for a while, they obviously need sustenance in the form of food. This food also must be… Continue Reading Space Cuisine
on It is very widely accepted that the universe began with a bang. In fact, it began with a very Big Bang. The first proponent of this idea was a priest named George Lemaitre in 1927. Through this, he theorized that the universe began as a sort of atom, continually emitting smaller atoms. Unfortunately for him, it… Continue Reading The End of the Universe?
on You may have seen pictures of the aurora borealis (or aurora australis, depending on which pole it is located at), a series of colorful waves of light in the sky visible near the poles. It is definitely a beautiful sight to see, leaving everyone who watches it in awe, but how exactly does it occur?… Continue Reading The Northern Lights