If We Had No Moon

The Earth has a large moon, making it unique in the inner solar system. Mercury and Venus have no moons, and Mars has only two small asteroid-sized objects orbiting it. In this essay, the father of the SMART-1 lunar mission, Bernard Foing of the European Space Agency, looks at the effect the Moon has had [...]

Four Terrifying Theories in Astronomy

Galileo may have been threatened with the rack during the Inquisition almost 400 years ago, but—relatively speaking—that was hardly terrifying. Whether the Earth went around the Sun (as Copernicus, Galileo and Newton thought) or vice versa (in the old model of Ptolemy or Aristotle), Galileo’s Universe was still a placid place. But these days, astronomers [...]

String Theory in Two Minutes (or less)

The title says it all. Discovery Magazine hosted a contest for the best video description of string theory in two minutes or less. So what do you think?

Gyroscopes

xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe

Dynamic Periodic Table

Although it might be more chemistry than physics, this dynamically changing Periodic Table is really cool. You can play with temperatures, visualize the orbital structures and generally get a good overview of each element.
Dynamic Periodic Table

YTMND – The Future of our World

YTMND – The Future of our World
I think the numbers are a little off but the sheer vastness of time and change boggles my mind. Plus anything put to music from the movie, “Total Recall” can’t be all bad!

The new website is up and alive !

Yupiii !
After a lot of frustration I managed to upload the new web site. I need to contact the guys in charge of the web server. Every time I was using gFTP (a graphical ftp client) the uploading would stall after a short period (usually, after three or four files), and would lock [...]