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What Is Quantum Mechanics?

As ironic as it is, Quantum Mechanics in some ways began with Albert Einstein when he revealed his theory of relativity in the early years of the 20th century. The irony comes from the fact that Einstein was forever at […]

Atmosphere :: The Sphere of Gas Around Planets and Stars

An atmosphere is the distinct layers of gas surrounding a celestial body, which will typically be a planet, though stars also possess an atmosphere called a stellar atmosphere. The term atmosphere comes from the Greek words $\alpha \tau \mu \omicron […]

Cosmological Expansion

Cosmological expansion is a recent breakthrough in our understanding of the universe. It began with the observation that distant galaxies (each containing billions to trillions of stars) found in every direction from our own Milky Way are accelerating away from […]

Cosmology :: Unraveling The History of the Universe

Cosmology is a scientific discipline combining astronomy and physics in an attempt to understand the universe as a whole, dealing particularly with the origin, nature, and evolution of the universe. Cosmologists deal with ideas such as String Theory, Dark Matter, […]

Levels of Organization of Life

All life on planet Earth is defined by a rigid hierarchy that organizes all living organisms and natural systems within the Earth’s biosphere. These are the Levels of Organization of Life. The various scalar resolution of physical reality that leads […]

Moon Phases :: Earth, Sun, and Moon Geometry

The Moon is not a light-generating body, meaning that she doesn’t actually produce any of her own light. All of the light that the Moon appears to illuminate our sky with, which we call moonlight, isn’t actually moonlight at all, […]

An Introduction to the Sumerians

Sumer was located in the southernmost region of ancient Mesopotamia. This area of southern Mesopotamia roughly corresponds to modern Iraq and Kuwait, which is generally considered as the cradle of civilization. The name [which name?] comes from Akkadian, which means […]

Eratosthenes Measurement of the Radius and Circumference of the Earth

[This article needs to be edited, which I shall get to eventually, as soon as I can!] The radius and circumference of the Earth were first measured in around 200 BCE by a man named Eratosthenes (276 BC – 194 […]