Category Archives: Space & Earth

Time to see the universe with Brian Cox and Dara Ó Briain – it’s Stargazing LIVE!

Posted on January 12, 2012 by physcarl

The unlikeliest duo to teach you all about the universe and how to view it are back on our television screens this January. The second series of Stargazing LIVE is due to begin this coming Monday the 16th January 2012 on … Continue reading →

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Curiosity Hasn’t Killed The Rover; Curse of the Red Planet and the Latest Mars Mission

Posted on January 9, 2012 by physcarl

Carl discusses the latest mission to Mars, the Mars Science Laboratory, and the historically unlucky journey to the red planet most recently highlighted by the failure of the Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe… On Saturday the 26th November 2011, an amazing … Continue reading →

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The 11 Days of Physics and The Gift of Knowledge

Posted on December 15, 2011 by physcarl

Are you excited yet? It’s just over a week until Christmas day and that time where you didn’t realise you had a need for a crystal growing kit, or those festive socks that you can’t wear for at least another … Continue reading →

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News: Earth’s bigger and more mysterious brother Kepler 22b

Posted on December 7, 2011 by physcarl

On Monday, NASA announced confirmation of a planet orbiting a star over 180 parsecs from Earth – that’s 3,000 trillion miles away! Kepler 22b is the first planet that orbits its star comfortably within the habitable zone. This is the region around … Continue reading →

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News: Detecting E.T. by looking for their street lights

Posted on November 5, 2011 by physcarl

As far as we know, Earth is the only place in the universe where life exists and indeed, flourishes. We have been fascinated with the thought of alien life for many years and within the last century even begun searching for … Continue reading →

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News: 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics – Mystery of the Accelerating Universe

Posted on October 8, 2011 by physcarl

Last week the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded by the The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to three physicists for their discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up. Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess observed supernovae (exploding stars) at … Continue reading →

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