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When I checked, Amazon interestingly classifies The Nature of Physical Existence (now retitled to omit the “The”) by Ivor Leclerc in “Math & Science > Astronomy & Space Science.” Since the topics delve into the fundamental assumptions of physics and … Continue reading
Today, May 19, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (“LSC”) dedicates its second-generation gravitational-wave detectors (“aLIGO”) in a ceremony at the Hanford detector site. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics have made significant contributions in key areas: Custom-made high-power … Continue reading
Carl Sagan will always be with us for the inspiration he provided. This short film includes a narration by Sagan, excerpted from his book, Pale Blue Dot. Wanderers, a short film by Erik Wernquist, is described on the Vimeo site … Continue reading
What does it mean to say that gravitational acceleration is neither a function of the mass of the gravitational source nor a function of gravitational waves? It means, in my lay person’s view, that anti-gravity technology is one short paradigm … Continue reading
So it turns out that, if our Solar System is any indication, water oceans typically exist under a layer of solid ice and rock–not precariously splattered about the exterior of a world. For instance, to the right is the diagram … Continue reading
With a large portion of its surface covered by water, one would think Earth is the water world of the solar system. But Jovian moon Europa appears to hold the actual title. Based on the Galileo probe data acquired during … Continue reading
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Venus is often described as Earth’s sister planet. It is darned near the same size and mass as Earth with an orbit closer to the Sun. It is the third most luminous object in the sky (after the Sun and the … Continue reading
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This image comes from the Rosetta Spacecraft and is a shot of a portion of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Look at those cliffs, standing tall in a vacuum on a body no bigger than Manhattan, and imagine standing at the base. What could … Continue reading
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Now found, the European Space Agency’s little Philae lander sits in plain view on Comet 67P, having sent its own amazing photos and having posed now for a series of action shots and now a still at its little place … Continue reading
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HEARTS IN RUIN explores the mysteries of the paleolithic in a fiction setting about archaeology. In the novel, evidence of a culture predating known Stone Age cultures is uncovered at a controversial site. In the meantime, real-world Cambridge University researchers have … Continue reading
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J. C. Conway 