Science dealing with the study of space and celestial bodies. Can pertain to the composition, origin, motion, behavior or physical aspects of bodies in space as well as the practical applications of such information (ie: navigation).
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Earth's distance from the sun affects nuclear medicine
Does the Earth's distance from the sun affect the efficacy of nuclear medicine?
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Has David Martines found a picture of a space-station on Mars?
From The Daily Mail:
But now an American 'armchair astronaut' claims to have discovered a mysterious structure on the surface of the red planet - by looking on Google earth.
David Martines, whose YouTube video of the 'station' has racked up over…
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Was Thales the first to show that the year contained 365 days?
The philosopher Sir Anthony Kenny, in his 2004 book A New History of Western Philosophy v. 1, Ancient Philosophy claims that Thales of Miletus, an ancient Greek astronomer, was
the first to show that the year contained 365 days.
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Does General Relativity bring "Cosmic Time," which is the same for all frames-of-reference?
In a recent podcast, the philosopher William Lane Craig said that while Special Relativity taught us to doubt whether any given clock is, or whether it could be, an absolute measure of time, General Relativity restored the possibility and perhaps…
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Has the CERN LHC Muon Detector caused mini singularities within Earths atmosphere?
"Something very interesting happened at CERN recently – they had an accident. The accident created a “rainbow” universe. What does this mean, exactly? CERN actually created a universe for 2.6 seconds."…
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Does the Earth revolve around the sun?
Scientists like Ptolemy and and Aristotle argue that the Earth is at the centre of the universe, and that the sun and stars are fix on spheres that rotate about the Earth.
However, other scientists like Copernicus and Kepler argue that in fact…
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Will Earth drift outside of the Goldilocks zone in the next half-billion years?
According to American actor Terrence Howard in his address at the Oxford Union Society:
Our planet is moving away from our sun at six inches a year [...] 15 centimeters a year our planet is pushing away from the sun. In less then half a billion…
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