Search

...astronomy business seriously. And here in America the tradition was to use the equatorial configuration which allowed you to track things just by rotating around one axis that was parallel to the axis of the Earth. (Uh, huh) That was traditional. It worked very well. You didn’t need computers. You just had to run a motor at a constant speed and the telescope would...

...astronomy, in which he had an amateur interest. In astronomy the brightness of stars is measured on a magnitude scale. Unlike earthquake intensity, any earthquake has only one Richter magnitude. The Richter scale is also quantitative, being based on numerical measurement. The Richter scale has no upper limit, but in reality the Earth itself provides an upper limit due to...

...Astronomy & Planetary Science The Formation of the Moon Zoe Morland: Have you wondered how the Moon was made? The Moon is the most extensively studied planetary body outside of Earth. Despite this, we’re still not sure how it was formed. Past Theories Hypotheses have bounced around the scientific community for decades, evolving under the influence of popular opinion....

...astronomy, Paul Donald explains their use in conservation science and hydrologist Nick Reynard talks about using models to simulate extreme weather events such as flooding. Question from Jim Hay: "I wonder if you could explain what a model is? The term is used so frequently on science programmes that I just let it slide past me but the fact is I don’t know what it means...

...Astronomy and Geophysics, 55(3), pp. 3.12–3.15. Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/atu122. Siegel, E. (2022) Why modifying gravity doesn’t add up. Available at https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/modifying-gravity (Accessed: 14 February 2024). Wolchover, N. (2016) The case against dark matter. Available at