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Astronomy 101: Constellations
Insights Into the Constellations If you love looking up at the night sky, you might be able to point out a few of the constellations and important stars. These groups of stars have helped guide travelers for millennia, and have also served as important cultural...
Why Math is Important to Daily Life
From a very early age, people are introduced to mathematics; by the time kids leave school, the numbers and figures of math have been integrated into daily life so much so that it's barely noticeable. However, without the core understanding, life would be difficult to...
Top Space-Science Discoveries 2019
2019 was a year full of research and discovery; from reaching new distances to learning more about our solar system, 2019 was a big year for science. The considerable amount of findings makes it hard to boil down to a few, so here is a look at top space science...
Technology Then and Now: The First Moon Landing v. iPhone Development
Over the last few decades, technology has rapidly advanced. Those born in the 90s might have a harder time recognizing the influence that technology has had on society as a whole. The most obvious example of this rapid development is shown through the use of the...
Space Tourism
Twenty years ago, modern civilization was concerned about what was called the Y2K Glitch. The Glitch was simply a computer flaw; engineers in the1960's created some of the first computer programs using a two-digit code for the year, so 61 rather than 1961. As the new...
History In The Making: The First All Woman SpaceWalk
For most, the idea of a spacewalk is quite spectacular, and typically different from the actual event. A spacewalk is, at its most basic, a home-improvement project-- a project that lacks gravity and the Earth beneath your feet, but is an otherwise quite ordinary...
Space Exploration Trends by Jonathan Tooker
For hundreds of thousands of years, humanity has wondered and pondered over outer space. The sun and moon gave way to how we tell time; the stars were used to discern location and then used to determine astrology. Since the beginning of civilization, the moon, the...
How Do Planets Get Their Names?
From a very early age, we are taught about the stars and planets in our solar system. These concepts have become so ingrained in our minds that it isn’t often we stop to think about how and why things are the way they are. Who decided Jupiter is Jupiter and not...
What Is A Light Year?
What may have been a far more uncommon term 50 years ago has now become far more understood. For this, we can thank the media, teachers, and even Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear. But what exactly is a light-year? A light-year is a term we use to describe the distance to...
Career Paths For Physics Majors
Some major options and career choices are easy enough to decipher: if you take classes to be a teacher, you can expect that in a number of years, you will be passing along knowledge and helping to build futures. If you decide to become a nurse, you can expect to...