Science and the Visual Arts

Whenever possible, try to link your science teaching to art. Show that it’s not just a collection of musty old facts and equations. Show that it can predict and explain some extraordinary natural phenomena. Show that science can help you appreciate art. Here are some wonderful…

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Watch Those Clocks

My whole life is run by timers and clocks—things that tell me how long I’ve been doing…

Sphere of Space and Time

The observation on the stars in the sky at night give an idea, that all the stars are located at a surface of the space perfectly round circle. In astronomy, perfectly round circle is called the Celestial Sphere or sphere of Space and Time. And we as observers are in the center of the celestial…

Does the climax of the movie ‘Gravity’ violate simple physics?

Should George Clooney’s character have…

How fast does the Earth move through the Universe?

And if relativity tells us there’s no such thing as…

The Behemoth Black Hole

Not long ago, the collision of two black holes were detected. Now, astronomers have discovered another black hole…