Yes. Absolutely. 99.99 percent of everything you see is empty (Of course, what we understand here isn't emptiness; that's a separate topic). You know what an atom is. It consists of a nucleus and electrons spinning around it. But have you ever wondered about the size of these nuclei and electrons and the distance between them? Let's give you an example to illustrate. Imagine a hydrogen atom the size of Earth. The nucleus of hydrogen […]
Time flies, and because I'm so busy, the news I need to keep up with keeps piling up. Today, I've accumulated nearly 400 news items in just a few days. There are so many beautiful photos I could share. I'm sure you'll enjoy them as much as I do. I'll write a second version of my post, "The Ignorance of Information Abundance," sometime soon. I realized there were things I left out.
It's a strange name, isn't it? Ignorance amidst knowledge. It would be truly admirable to achieve this, but I'm so enraged I don't see it happening. Normally, I don't just think of something and say, "Let's write about it." There's a good RSS feed. I add my favorite sites there and read the news. If something catches my eye, I'll […]
Since I don't have a camera yet, I occasionally take photos with my cell phone. I thought I'd share them. When I get my camera and connect it to the telescope, I'll get some really nice pictures. It might take a while for the pictures to load. They're about 2 MB each.
Throughout history, humankind has looked up at the sky and wondered. What was up there? What was it like? How did it come into being? How big is it? Did it stretch on forever? These questions have been asked, and almost all of them have been answered. Initially thought to be infinitely large and static, the universe has been learned, with new discoveries, to be neither infinite nor static. And in astronomy, what seems large to us […]
Hello everyone. Today, I found some great astronomy posts. For example, the two images you see above are previously unseen images of Saturn. They're infrared. As you can see, the brighter areas represent warmer regions. If you look at the south pole, it's quite bright. The equator, on the other hand, is generally cold.
