Exploring From Quarks To Quasars
Journey to a Metal World Recently NASA presented to the world a plan for further space exploration. The Psyche Mission is a journey to the asteroid in an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The …
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Almost a year ago, when the first-ever image of a black hole in our neighboring galaxy was released, the whole world went crazy for it. I know, you too! So now, after studying Stellar Astrophysics …
This article on Curtis-Shapely debate is a guest article by Ariana Vlad, senior at the International Computers High School of Bucharest, Romania, where she focuses on studying Physics and Mathematics. A Historical Debate 26 April 1920. …
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In the last article of the Basics of Astrophysics series, we discussed the evolution of Sun-like mid-sized stars. We saw how they become white dwarfs. In the seventeenth article of the series, let us learn about the …
“Study hard what interests you most, in the most undisciplined, irreverent, and original manner possible.” This is one of the most famous quotes by Richard Feynman that truly describe his approach to life. Feynman was …
It is the time to harvest what we sowed in the past month of this series. One by one, we learned different concepts of Astrophysics. Today, it is time to apply those concepts and study …
This article on experience of an internship at CERN is a guest article by Anja Sjöström, IB diploma student from Switzerland. The Experience Of An Internship At CERN During my internship at CERN, I was …
There is just one more topic we need to study before understanding stellar evolution and that is nuclear reactions in stars. Stellar Astrophysics involves a lot of nuclear physics, thermodynamics, particle physics, electrodynamics, statistical mechanics …
This article on upcoming NASA missions is a guest article by Ariana Vlad, senior at the International Computers High School of Bucharest, Romania, where she focuses on studying Physics and Mathematics. The Universe has yet to …
In the previous two articles, I discussed the structure of Sun in detail. Before leaving solar physics, I want to discuss an interesting problem in Astrophysics known as The Solar Neutrino Problem. The Solar Neutrino …
Today, I am going to tell you some amazing facts about Jupiter which is the largest planet in our solar system. We live on planet Earth which is a part of our solar system that …
In the last article, we got familiar with the most magnificent member of our solar system family -The Sun. This article is in continuation to our previous article “Structure of Sun – I”. In this …
The quantum world is unpredictable. The behavior of a quantum particle is perplexing. Where Einstein’s photoelectric effect pointed out at the particle nature of a light wave, the Davisson-Germer experiment, on the other hand, demonstrated …
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The Milky Way galaxy comprises around 100 billion stars. The most important star for us is the Sun. It is the magnificent being around which the Earth and other planets revolve. Today, we are going …