Even before we had the Hubble telescope and NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, both of which are used, in part, to discover new planets, there was a strong belief among scientists and science fiction authors that there must be other Earth-like planets in the …

The universe we can see and measure is about 13.8 billion years old. However, the universe is larger than 13.8 billion light years in diameter due to the expansion and subsequent inflation of space, in accordance with the Big Bang theory. In …

Internet searches for the keyword acronym “UFO” (unidentified flying object) are among the most popular on the Internet. According to Google, there are five million global searches per month for the keyword acronym “UFO”(without the quotes). Let us start with …

In 1933, Fritz Zwicky (California Institute of Technology) made a crucial observation. He discovered the orbital velocities of galaxies were not following Newton’s law of gravitation (every mass in the universe attracts every other mass with a force inversely proportional …

One of the great mysteries of our universe, and a weakness of the Big Bang theory, is that matter, not antimatter, totally makes up our universe. According to the Big Bang theory, there should be equal amounts of matter and …

Philosophers have debated the nature of time for over 2500 years, and have left us with three principal theories, listed below in no particular order: 1) Presentists Theory of Time—The “presentists” philosophers argue that present objects and experiences are real. …

Can anything travel faster than the speed of light? To answer this question, let us understand the nature of light. Here are three salient facts about light: 1. First, light can exhibit both the properties of a wave and a particle. For …

Stephen Hawking, the world’s most famous scientist, made a startling statement on September 2, 2010, one week prior to the release of his new book, The Grand Design. He declared the “Almighty” irrelevant. Dr. Hawking believes that M-theory may hold …

Many people, even some scientists, believe science equates with truth, especially with regard to the behavior of nature. Let’s examine whether this hypothesis is correct. Modern physics is based on Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity and quantum mechanics. …

We scientists talk about energy and derive equations with energy mathematically expressed in the equation as though we understand energy. The fact is, we do not. It is an indirectly observed quantity. We infer its existence. For example, in physics, …