Philosophy
"A Trip To The Planets"
An old silent film blending some science fiction and science fact...of the era. "...Around each of these fixed stars undoubtly revolves Planetary Systems like our own."--harbinger of modern day "exoplanets"."A Trip To The Planets"And this same titled educational film from the 1960's."A TRIP TO THE PLANETS"
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Sarah Chinski Is Selected Essay Winner And Will Go To Neaf
Her trip should be a lot of fun...congratulations. "Astronomy selects 2014 Youth Essay Contest winner" Seventeen-year-old Sarah Chinski of Marion, Iowa, wins a trip to the Northeast Astronomy Forum & Telescope Show with her entry for Astronomy’s...
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"your Name Here"...for Those Exoplanets
"Name Your Own Exoplanet — For $4.99" by Michael D. Lemonick March 7yj, 2013 Time The science of exoplanets, or worlds orbiting distant stars, is arguably the most exciting thing in astronomy today. However, the names of those exoplanets are—no argument...
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Alas Poor Pluto, I Knew Him Well
"Poor Pluto: Number Of Dwarf Planets Increases" April 26th, 2010 SPACE DAILY New research from the Australian National University has further reduced the status of Pluto by suggesting there are many more dwarf planets in the Solar System than previously...
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"time Travel" Poll
Do you believe that "time travel" is possible or just fiction? Possible...4 Fiction...5 Closer than I thought. I am not about to delve into the issue that much. For me it is great fiction. Conjectures under the guise of science [theoretical physics]...
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"little Things That Jiggle: Richard Feynman And Atomic Physics"
Little Things That Jiggle: Richard Feynman and Atomic Physics is an interesting six minute or so film of a compilation of bits and pieces of public domain film whose central theme revolves around Richard Feynman' physics. It has been posted at various...
Philosophy