Explore Physics of Space Weather

Some basic concepts find applications in many, many places throughout science, especially physical ...
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Mechanics is the term used to refer to one of the main branches of the science of physics. ...
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Electricity and magnetism are two closely related and very important topics within the science ...
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The scientific field of thermal physics is concerned with heat and temperature. When we delve ...
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Atoms and the minute particles from which they are made strongly influence the nature of many ...
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Some concepts are used in many different fields of science and serve as a general purpose "toolbox" ...
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Did you know?
Did you know that there may be 200 or so
dwarf planets in the solar system, out to the
Kuiper Belt?
Do you know the difference between perihelion and aphelion?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
PleistocenexPleistocene : The time period between about 10,000 years before present and about 1,650,000 years before present.
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Research Highlights
Researchers working in South Africa have discovered two remarkably well-preserved fossil skeletons of an ancient human ancestor dating to almost two million years ago. The discovery is described in two...
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