Some people are nuts, and it’s amazing when you think about it that such a large amount of people in society just don’t think right. Conspiracy theories regarding astronomy have existed for a long time, like those peadbrain idiots who claimed that it was impossible to go on the moon, or others who claim that […]

There are a number of misconceptions and false beliefs regarding gravity in general. Let me give you some background information:
The Laws of Gravity were first described by Sir Isaac Newton (More About Newton’s Life) in his famous Principia. Before we talk about the misconceptions, lets get some background information to try and understand How […]

Its famous in astronomy. A telescope on the ground will never be able to achieve the same results than the same one in space. Why? Because of the atmosphere. The atmosphere has always been astronomers’ worst enemy, for several reasons:

Turbulances
Shifts in Temperature
It blocks certain wavelengths (Ultraviolet), which are valuable to astronomers
Water Vapour deteriorates visibility
Objects low […]

Why do some stars burst to create fulgurant flashes of light and cause the emission of huge quantities of enery? That depends on the star’s mass: a massive star will live for a rather short period of time, such as several millions of years, which really are a trice in the life of a star. […]

Hi, the Earth isn’t round. No I’m not nuts. No I’m not crazy. I just know the truth. The real truth.
You’ll be saying: “Ok, I know it’s a little flattened on the poles, but it’s still a sphere.” No!. The earth isn’t round, and it isn’t a sphere. It just looks round because of the […]

In this section I will be explaining a few basic aspects of light: what is it really? How does it move? What is its speed? What is the use of this speed? Why can’t anything go faster than it?
Light is made up of particles called photons. This name was given to […]

This effect of physics observed by the physicians Doppler and Fizeau have led to major discoveries in the world of science, and especially in astronomy.
Have you ever asked yourself why, when an ambulance passed, the sound seems deeper when it has passed? Or what really is the sound barrier? These are basically applications of the […]