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Saturday, January 31, 2009

The Sun's Orbit and the Earth's Magnetic Field

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Just as the Moon orbits the Earth, and the Earth orbits the Sun, the Sun also orbits the Milky Way galaxy. The Sun takes approximately 186 ...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The Mandelbrot Set

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Before reading this post, be sure you understand the previous post i: The Most Mysterious of All Numbers One of the most famous examples o...
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

i: The most mysterious of all numbers

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The addition of pi to the number system made rationals not encompass all numbers. Therefore the system including both rational and irration...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

The Fujiwhara Effect

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When two hurricanes get too close to one another, a strange thing happens. The interaction is described by the Fujiwhara effect. When two ...
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Monday, January 19, 2009

The Coriolis Effect and the Pressure Gradient Force

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How you ever wondered what enables weather on Earth? Well, it is the Coriolis effect. The Coriolis effect is a result of the Earth' ro...
Friday, January 16, 2009

Nebulae

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A nebula is an cloud of gas that is the beginning stage in the life of a star ( here ). Nebulae form when interstellar medium clumps togeth...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Pi

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π is the most famous irrational number known to mankind. It has been studied for over 3000 years and is one of the most important and most ...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Plasma compared to other states of matter

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Everyone knows about the main states of matter, solids, liquids, and gases. But fewer people know about the fourth state of matter: plasma....
Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Large Scale Universal Structure

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Outside of our home Local Cluster of galaxies, structure and symmetry exist on a larger scale. All the super clusters near ours (within a f...
Sunday, January 4, 2009

Evolution of Galaxies

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After galaxies and the first stars have formed, called Population III stars, rapid burning of Hydrogen fuel causes heavy elements, the firs...