The Hubble Telescope has enabled us to see what we could only see dimly before and sometimes to see what we had never seen before. After reading "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry" by Neil deGrasse Tyson, I was inspired to think about the time before time; i.e. the time before "The Big Bang". With some ESA/Hubble images for inspiration I jotted down some of my musings and then decided to share them.I recommend you spend some time pondering these magnificent images and have your ow...

The Hubble Telescope has enabled us to see what we could only see dimly before and sometimes to see what we had never seen before. After reading "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry" by Neil deGrasse Tyson, I was inspired to think about the time before time; i.e. the time before "The Big Bang". With some ESA/Hubble images for inspiration I jotted down some of my musings and then decided to share them.I recommend you spend some time pondering these magnificent images and have your ow...

How could a human body be found actually splinteredbroken into sharp fragments like shattered glass! Once again Dr. Bird probes deep into an amazing mystery.

TV and movies will have you believing that black holes are huge holes in space and anything that falls into them is lost for all time – possibly falling into another universe or another time, or even falling forever.You may think that black holes run around in space like huge vacuum cleaners sucking up everything in their path. This is not true.But what actually is a black hole and what do they do? This book will help you find out.LearningIsland.com believes in the v...

This book is for every age, anyone who can read and who is interested in what time is, will be the main audience. It explains why people think time is relative, what is time, and gives the audience examples of different devices to "measure" time.If you want to know how to better explain to your kids, your friends or your students about what Time means, then in this book you will find the answers.At first, let me tell you how and why I wrote this book.Long ago, in th...

We see stars in the night sky as pretty, twinkling objects, but what exactly are they?A lot of the information we find out about stars, helps us understand other objects; pulsars, quasars, galaxies – even the origin of our universe. Here are some fun facts about stars.Do stars twinkle?What are stars made of?Do we know more about the inside of stars or the inside of Earth?Do stars have a life cycle?Is a dead star still a star?How do we measu...

Our sun is an average star in our galaxy. It is a sphere of burning gas that provides light and heat. It makes our plants grow and allows them to turn carbon dioxide into breathable oxygen.If our sun were to shine a little less or a little more brightly, life as we knew it would not exist. A drop of less than 2% of the sun's energy output would turn Earth into an ice-covered planet.So how much do you know about this glowing sphere that controls our world. Can you answer these...

A collection of crazy science facts on everything from rocket ships and death rays to atoms, experiments, and bizarre scientists.From the amazing to the amusing, this byte-sized collection will bring you the inside stories behind earth-shattering discoveries, accidental inventions, and outlandish studies. Featuring Uncle John's most mind-bending science articles—along with a few all-new "experiments"—this book will make you think, make you laugh, and make you ask y...

First contact was supposed to change the course of human history. But it turns out, you still have to go to work the next morning.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

What was the extraordinary connection between Dr. Livermore's sudden disappearance and the coming of a new satellite to the Earth?

This is one of a planned series called Calculations for Science Fiction Writers. Later chapters will include a relativistic version of this one, and others on circular orbits, elliptical orbits rotational dynamics, and more. For those writers who want to get the details right!This article explains basic calculations related to constant acceleration. It should be of interest to science fiction writers who want to make their stories realistic, and to anyone interested in space travel...