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Jameel Leers idea on Atom Bomb! What do you think?

Jameel Leers Posted “I’m a carpenter with a bit of an interest in physics. Today while eating lunch on a  building site i realised something that i need confirming or de-bunking. Here it is: I believe...

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Electromagnetic induction in outer space and energy conservation

“lets pretend we are in space. and there  I have a permanent magnet rotor that and around it are copper windings. They do not touch and everything is floating with minimum friction (because we are in...

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Cosmic Rays

Do cosmic rays get reflected by a mirror?Just like the normal(visible spectrum) light, do cosmic rays and lasers get reflected by a polished surface or are they strong enough to penetrate through them?...

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Time Travel

Abhirami asks: Suppose there are two brothers who are twins. One of them travels in space by orbiting earth  at a very high speed for a few years, and the other one stays on earth.When the person who...

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Weight and inertia on moon

Say True or False; An object on the Moon weights 1/6 of what it weights on the Earth. Therefore, the object has less inertia on the Moon.( Justify your answer) Answer: The statement is false. Inertia...

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Ron writes on Light and Relativity

Let me start by saying I am NOT a physicist.  That much should be painfully clear soon enough.  Please bear with me as I am not certain I have the language and in depth knowledge to explain myself...

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Relativity, Black Hole and some doubts

In the model of the big bang I would like to pose the following question. My understanding is that 1. The expansion of the universe is accelerating and 2. The radiation or shock wave to keep the...

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Space Time

Prejith asked: What is space time?   Ans: In order to describe an event, we need to specify its position in space and the time of occurrence. A four-dimensional continuum with the three co ordinates of...

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Time Travel Again !

Davide Writes: (The email is posted as such. SO, sorry for the telegraphic language and poor spelling and grammar) “Hello there i have one more question,a crazy one:) according to Einstein we need a...

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Why moon does not fall to Earth?

The moon does not fall to earth because of its tangential velocity. The following video explains it well. The initiative http://lunarscience.nasa.gov/ask-a-scientist/ by NASA will answer all your...

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Speed of Light – a thought experiment

Suppose that you are a person 1 standing on a planet.You could see a person 2 moving in a space craft.2 has a mirror(on the surface of planet) exactly at is down which is moving exactly with the same...

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