Nuclear Fission
Nuclear fission occurs when a large atomic nucleus is split by means of neutron bobardment into smaller nuclei. Nuclear Fission […]
Nuclear fission occurs when a large atomic nucleus is split by means of neutron bobardment into smaller nuclei. Nuclear Fission […]
Binding Energy is the energy required to break up the bonds of atoms or the energy released when small atoms
Nuclear Fusion is the name given to the the event when the nuclei of two atoms combine creating a new
Metis is one of Jupiter’s many moons, which is currently believed to have at least 63. It is one of
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In the August of 1877 an American astronomer was looking at Mars in hopes of discovering a moon. He instead
The Local galactic group is the term we use for a group of over thirty galaxies in our local vicinity.
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Decay Chains is the name given to the stages of radioactive decay of unstable isotopes or elements. Some radioactive
What are Cepheid Variables? Why are they useful? Measuring the Milky Way Hubble’s work with Cepheid
It has been believed for a thousand years that atoms were the smallest component of matter, but in the late