How did these hunks of rock get into orbit around planets?
Space
Space
Space
What lies at the heart of a black hole?
I’ll probably find my car keys there…
Space
Why does the asteroid belt in our solar system stay in place?
No, its not because the solar system is putting on weight
Environment
What is terrace farming?
Dr Tim Utteridge is really starting to grow on us following his answer to this question
Space
Zero-G kitty
Check out this short clip from an experiment into the effects of weightlessness on cats.
Space
Mars’ moon remnant of catastrophic event
According to new evidence presented in Rome, Italy, Mars’ moon Phobos is made from rocks blasted off the planet’s surface in a catastrophic event, rather than the entrenched scenario that the satellite was captured by the planet’s gravitational pull and originated in the main belt of asteroids
Science
What is the difference between mass and weight?
The mass of an object is the amount of matter it contains; the weight of an object is the measure of the force exerted on that object by gravity
Space
Spacecraft to prove Einstein’s theory of general relativity
Three spacecraft orbiting the Sun and 3 million miles apart are to fire lazer beams at each other across the emptiness of space in order to finally prove whether Einstein’s theory of general relativity is true or not
Science
Video: brain-bending video of a gyroscope in action
Check it out right here.