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The 14th Universe: Experiment status – Highly Classified A Science Fiction by Yasiru Chandira, 1st Year Undergraduate, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo දිනය – 2040 / 2 / 15වේලාව – මධ්යම රාත්රියට ආසන්නස්ථානය – ආර්ක්ටික් භූ විද්යා පර්යෙීීීශන මධ්යස්ථානය Views: 49
The Invisible Oceans: Air and Atmosphere
Article by Yowan Dias, 3rd Year Undergraduate, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo In the beginning, 4.6 billion years ago, the Earth was a hellish landscape. Devoid of water and air, it was anything but the bluish planet we inhabit today. Scientists believe that the Earth collided with a Mars-sized planet half a billion years […]
Weather Forecasting Methods
Article by Sankha Wishwanath, UCSC 2nd Year Curiosity was the key to human success. Every invention throughout human history was driven by curiosity. Within this journey, we used uncountable methods to fill gaps in our minds. Throughout history, humans were curious about something special. Something special is called the future. They wanted to know what […]
Pioneer 10: Jupiter’s First Artificial Friend
Fifth from the Sun and by far the biggest planet of the solar system got its name from the king of ancient Roman gods and became Jupiter. This massive giant has a long history of surprising our scientists. Going back to 1610, when Galileo Galilei discovered its 4 moons, the way the people looked at […]
Zooming Through the Pioneer Program: Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9
Interplanetary space contains the mass and energy of the solar system so that planets, comets, dwarf planets, etc., are moving objects within it. Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9, which were carried out in such an environment, were another giant step in the space exploration of the Pioneer program, launched in between 1965 and 1969 […]
What Are Neutron Stars?
Neutron stars are too small to burn in comparison to the size and scale of our universe. A typical neutron star is about 20 kilometres in diameter. Since this type of star is a not very large type of star. However, despite its small size, its geological factors such as mass, density, etc. are potent. […]
Aerospace Medicine: Medicine Beyond Earth
Aerospace Medicine: A General Outlook Have you ever wondered what type of physician backs the American space program? Who keeps an eye on the astronauts’ health and safety while they are stationed in space and is on standby for when they go and return? Who, in addition to engineers, pilots, and other top experts, contributes […]
Four Successful Women for the Hubble’s Success
From ancient Babylonians to Chinese to Greeks, the night sky was always a fascination to us humans. The curiosity caused by these moving and unmoving celestial objects remained untouched for centuries until Galileo Galilei invented the telescope and decided to have a closer look at them. Since then for many centuries, telescopes had been modified […]
“Where are we?”: An Answer from Margaret Geller and Vera Rubin
Where are we now, and where are we going? These are two questions that humans have been asking themselves for millennia. From philosophers to scientists, great minds throughout history have attempted to answer this question. However, with the advancement of modern science and astronomy, we might be able to answer this in a quite literal […]
Margaret Hamilton, The Woman Who Landed Software on the Moon
On 20th July 2021, we commemorated the 52nd anniversary of the first-ever moon landing of mankind. On a day like that in 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin marked the first human steps on the lunar surface, making the Apollo 11 mission a huge success, surpassing a huge milestone in the history of space exploration. […]