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For the first time ever, a spacecraft has touched the Sun, with NASA announcing its Parker Solar Probe has flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere.

Ongoing geomagnetic storms have led to sightings of the Northern Lights across North America this week, the result of a coronal mass ejection from the Sun that occurred on Sunday, sending a stream of charged particles toward Earth.

If higher dimensions exist, they aren't what you think - Exploring Worlds Beyond Our Own

Atomic Models: Centuries ago, people didn’t know exactly what was inside an atom, but they had some “ideas”. Around 400 BC, a Greek philosopher named Democritus came up with a theory that everything in the world was made of tiny...

This video is about thermal radiation and how thermal energy is transferred by infrared radiation. The video also explains how different surfaces absorb and emit infrared radiation and their effect on the transfer of thermal energy. The...

This video is a lecture about waves, specifically transverse and longitudinal waves. The speaker defines what a wave is and explains how it transfers energy without any matter being transferred. The video then delves into the differences...

It defines adsorption, adsorbate and adsorbent. It distinguishes adsorption and absorption. It explains the mechanism and types of adsorption.

Microplastics could be entering the food chain through mosquitoes, threatening birds and other creatures that consume the flying insects, according to new research.

1) What is the van der Waals equation of state?<br/>
2) What are the constant<br/>s, a and b?
3) How does this relate to<br/> the hard shell model?
4) What can<br/> the van der Waals model tell us?

The video discusses the concept of solutions and how they are formed by dissolving solutes into solvents. It covers definitions of terms such as solute, solvent, dilute, concentrated, and saturated solutions. The video also explains how...

In this video, we will discuss: [1] the anatomy of the renal corpuscle [2] glomerular filtration [3] glomerular filtration rate (GFR) [4] what substances get filtered

Research assignment: Teach me about spin. Below there are suggested questions, recommended sources and my social media accounts: QUESTIONS: Questions that require less research: 1. This is our first real example of quantization, the...

Learn the key characteristics of comets, including their icy composition, the formation of their tails as they approach the sun, and their historical significance. The video also highlights the role of comets in bringing water and...

Though close to home, the space immediately around Earth is full of hidden secrets and invisible processes. In a new discovery reported in the journal Nature, scientists working with NASA’s Magnetospheric...

Overview of the largest particle accelerator in the world, the Large Hadron Collider.

A new computer simulation tracking dark matter particles in the extreme gravity of a black hole shows that strong, potentially observable gamma-ray light can be produced. Detecting this emission would provide astronomers with...

Gravity and erosion are major factors in changing the shape of the surface of Earth. The different types of erosion, and the major types of mass movements caused by gravity are discussed in this video. Other terminology includes:...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of the deepest laws of nature.

Alpha and beta particles are charged, whereas gamma radiation is neutral. Remember that opposite charges attract, so if you were to fire all three particles through an electric or magnetic field the alpha particles would deflect towards...

Air quality in the northern Chinese city of Harbin has risen above hazardous levels in the last few days, closing schools and grounding flights in the municipality of 12.6 million people. Kindergartens, primary schools and junior high...

In our study of physics, we have become aware of four forces, and the fields that mediate them. Once we got deep into quantum theory, we started to realize that these forces are not mediated by fields at all, but rather by quanta. That's...

This is a educational video that explains the concept of radioactivity in atoms. The video covers three types of radiation that are emitted by unstable atomic nuclei to become more stable - alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma...

Has pollen got you sneezing? Wondering what's causing that mysterious afternoon haze? How do you find out what's in the air you are breathing? For the thousands of people who visit the University of Maryland Baltimore County's "Smog...