Kepler’s Laws Of Planetary Motion Part 1 – The Law of Orbits
Reading Time – 8 minutes, Difficulty Level – Challenging
In this series of three articles I’m going to look at one of the cornerstones of Astrophysics, Kepler’s Laws of Planetary motion, starting with ‘The Law of Orbits’ – All planets …
Tidal Heating and Hydrothermal Activity: The Science Behind Enceladus
Reading Time – 5 minutes, Difficulty Level 2/5
Enceladus, one of Saturn’s small icy moons, is a fascinating object of study in our solar system. The moon is covered in a thick layer of ice, but in 2005, NASA’s Cassini …
TAS Podcast – Is there life in the Universe?
Listening Time – 57 minutes, Difficulty Level 1/5
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What is The Big Bang Theory?
Reading Time – 11 minutes, Difficulty Level 1/5
It’s probably fair to assume that when we talk about the big bang theory more people will think about Sheldon Cooper and his friends in their Pasadena apartment than an actual piece …
How To Understand The Famous Drake Equation. Are We All Alone In The Universe?
Reading Time – 6 minutes, Difficulty Level 2/5
In this post we are going to take a detailed look at the famous Drake equation. I consider it to be the second most widely known equation amongst non Physicists after E=MC2.…
Do You Know Why It Gets Dark At Night?
Reading Time – 10 minutes, Difficulty Level 4/5
Surely this is the most simple question imaginable? Everyone knows why it gets dark at night don’t they?
Actually, it’s not quite as simple as you may think and it took modern …
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
Reading Time – 5 minutes, Difficulty Level 1/5
You may have heard about the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). In this post we are going to try and understand what it is and why NASA have spent 20 years and …
What Is Gravitational Lensing And Why Is It Important?
Reading Time – 7 minutes, Difficulty Level 2/5
To summarise in a single sentence, gravitational lensing is the observable effect of photons of light travelling in straight lines through curved spacetime and producing multiple or distorted images to a distant …
