they have all been up there on just a small number of different vehicles. In fact, over the last nearly six decades, only nine spaceships have taken astronauts into orbit, with SpaceX’s Dragon being the latest. Let’s have a rundown of these 9 ships, their history, and flight details: Vostok 1 Capsule: USSR 1961 The …
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A neutrino is a particle that has no mass or charge. This means it travels at light speed and cannot be detected. Yet, its existence was predicted by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago. Neutrinos are everywhere in our universe. They are created when nuclear reactions occur inside stars, and they also escape from supernovas …
What is matter? How does it behave? And why is it important? The study of matter has been going on since ancient times. In modern physics, matter is defined as anything that takes up space and occupies volume. This includes atoms, molecules, crystals, solids, liquids, gases, plasma, and radiation. Matter is the fundamental building block …
The Andromeda galaxy is a galaxy that’s pretty close to ours, but it’s bigger, with a truly insane star mass. The Andromeda galaxy is named after its resemblance to a female figure in Greek mythology. Andromeda is the largest galaxy in its cluster, a cluster that our own galaxy the ‘Milky Way’ is a part …
Antimatter is arguably one of the most fascinating concepts in the scientific world. To most of us, antimatter might sound like some strange, unfathomable idea, but we’re here to tell you it’s not as weird as it might seem. If you’re not sure what antimatter is, or you want to learn more about it, stick …
Space is a scary place. There’s so much of it that we haven’t discovered, and many elements present a real threat to human life here on earth. How do we stay safe from the threat? Our planet does a pretty good job at protecting us. Have you ever wondered how the earth protects us from …
Are spaceships called ships because they are floating, or steering through space? Or are they named after their shape? Are they referred to as ‘spaceships’ in the modern world anyway, or is it more a term for science fiction? Read on to find out more about the etymology behind this and what we can learn …
Look up into the night sky, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that there isn’t much there. With light-years between stars and even more distance between galaxies, space seems to be, for the most part, nothing but empty space. It’s true that in those big gaps between galaxies, there isn’t always a lot going on. …
The interactions of distant galaxies are fascinating to observe, especially as a massive collision between two galaxies can result in a process known as galactic cannibalism. But while galactic cannibalism may sound like a scary and far-out notion from science fiction, it’s a very real process. And one that might soon occur in some nearby …
These giant balls of gas in space are called stars. Their light shines brightly, and they give off heat. In space, these stars are very far away from each other. They are millions or billions of miles apart. Stars come in different sizes. Some are bigger than our sun. Others are smaller. All stars shine …
