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Is the sky darkest just before dawn?

Is darkness especially deep just before dawn? not really…

calendar 9.5.2017
reading-time 2 minutes

Why are Stars Spherical?‎

Most stars are spherical, but some are ‎‎“squashed”, or even look like a peanut or a funnel. How does this ‎happen?‎

calendar 13.11.2016
reading-time 3 minutes

The New Zealander who Cracked the Atom

145th birthday of Ernest Rutherford, the discoverer of the atomic structure who opened the era of nuclear research

calendar 27.9.2016
reading-time 9 minutes

Unsolved Mysteries of Physics

What is dark matter? Why is the universe expanding? How does quantum mechanics ‎go with relativity? ‎

calendar 21.9.2016
reading-time 5 minutes

The Sun’s Energy Source

It seems almost simple – all you need to do is connect a number of hydrogen atoms ‎to one helium atom and get energy

calendar 21.9.2016
reading-time 6 minutes

Quantum Mechanics 3 – The Uncertainty Principle and the Schrödinger Equation

The third part in the video series explains two important topics in quantum mechanics.

calendar 14.3.2012
reading-time 3 minutes

Why do ships float?

It all has to do with density (mass per unit of volume). Any material whose density is lower than that of water will float, and any material with a higher density will sink.

calendar 1.9.2009
reading-time 1 minutes