Category: Physics
Tim Peake comes back to Earth with a bump Soyuz touchdown ends astronauts incredible journey
After 186 days orbiting the Earth, Briton returns from space Tim Peake returned to Earth yesterday at the end of his six-month stay on the International Space Station. His journey home took place in a craft that fell from a height of 410 kilometres and decelerated from 27,600 km/h to a standstill in less than […]
Milky weigh: our galaxy has the mass of 700bn suns, say scientists
Most accurate measurement so far has estimated the collective mass of the Milky Ways stars, black holes, dust, dark matter – and unidentified flying objects Our galaxy has a collective mass 700 billion times that of the sun, according to the most accurate measurement yet by scientists. The estimate covers the mass of all the […]
New Horizons team proposes new world to explore
(CNN)Remember how big a deal the Pluto flyby was? We may get an encore. The New Horizons team has recently submitted a proposal to extend its mission, titled Kuiper Belt Extended Mission.
Quantum Mechanics – physics explained by a physicist
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Dr. Shini Somara makes learning physics fun in ‘Crash Course’
The Daily Dot is celebrating Woman Crush Wednesday, better known as #WCW on Twitter and Instagram, by highlighting female creators on YouTube whose work we admire. Against all odds, this new show is going to make you love physics. After the Green brothers ended their much-beloved Crash Course Astronomy series in January, fans wondered what […]