scientific method

  • Dark Matter: What We Don’t Know

    Dark Matter: What We Don’t Know

    Okay, I know…weird way to start a post, right? Isn’t this blog supposed to teach science? How can we teach something we don’t know? This is actually one of the most important concepts in the realm of astrophysics, and even…

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  • Cosmology: How Do We Know?

    Cosmology: How Do We Know?

    Have you ever wondered how the heck astronomers think we know anything about cosmology? It’s a truly mind-blowing field of study, full of whacky concepts like the shape of empty space, the expansion of the universe, and dark energy. More…

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  • What is the Scientific Method?

    What is the Scientific Method?

    Have you ever read about a scientific discovery, and wondered, “How the heck can we possibly know?” Without a background understanding of the scientific method, that’s a difficult question to answer — because we first need to define what we…

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  • What is Cosmology?

    What is Cosmology?

    Cosmology is the study of the universe itself: how it came to be, how it has behaved since, and why the laws of physics operate the way they do. It’s one of the strangest branches of science — second only,…

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