Physics Essays and Term Papers

with the government -         'Little Green Men', 'Martians', 'Outer Limits' ! That is what people think about when aliens and UFOs come to mind. Aliens have been around, as far as we can see, since 1561.…

Atlantis & the Space Station Mir. Last year something amazing took place, but it wasn't in a laboratory. It wasn't under the ocean, and it wasn't on the land. It was in space. The docking of the United States's Space Shuttle Atlantis and…

made of a ferromagnetic material such as iron, with domains that are aligned one way. Thus, it has poles and a magnetic field around it. Magnets or electromagnets whose effect can be switched on and off are used in many electric machines. When…

the Apollo 1 and the Challenger disasters. Both space programs were unfortunate disasters, caused by a series of oversights and misjudgments. How did this lost of life occur in such a high tech environment? Apollo 4 …

missions. Excellent Work. Good Research and Facts.         Project Mercury, the first manned U.S. space project, became an official NASA program on October 7, 1958. The Mercury Program was given two main but broad objectives:…

ASTRONOMY 102 SEC 013 The ultimate question is; Is there a possibility that life might exist on a planet in the Beta Pictoris system? First, one must ask, Are there planets in the Beta Pictoris system?. However, that question would…

France on June 19, 1623. He was one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists of the 17th century. He had two sisters of the name Gilberte and Etienne who he was very close with. At the age of 3 Pascal's mother passed away causing the family…

Spectrum that have a Wavelength of 10 or Higher and 11 down. Gamma Rays are produced in labs through the process of nuclear collision and also through the artificial Radioactivity that accompanies these interactions. The high energy…

controversial planet. The reason for this is because it's a dark and distant planet and it's hard to study it clearly enough to be satisfied. Pluto was discovered in 1930 by an astronomer by the name of Clyde Tombaugh. Then James Christy and Robert…

technology about 30 years ago, man has found the method for expanding his existence beyond the many once thought 'unbreakable barriers.' Together with this development in space technology came a large quantity of information and discoveries of the…