Carbon is a marvel of nature. This element is absolutely impressive. First of all Carbon is the main reason why life on Earth exist. And second because carbon is capable of forming the most compounds , way much more than all the other elements in Periodic Table combined. Not only that but Carbon is even... Continue Reading →
How Helium-3 Fusion Powers Spacecraft Generators
Helium is an inert gas, is super light, is the second most abundant element in the universe (after hydrogen), yet on Earth, Helium is scarce, is a non-renewable resource and is very expensive to produce.One of its isotopes even more rare an precious is Helium-3. If we could somehow get more Helium-3, our dream about... Continue Reading →
Why scientists are worried about running out of Helium?
Helium is something of a bizarre contradiction here on Earth. Although it’s the 2nd most abundant element in the universe as a whole, combining with hydrogen (the most abundant) to form an estimated 99% of all known matter that’s out there… helium is becoming increasingly rare on Earth. The main reason for that is because... Continue Reading →
EARTH – Why Are Clouds Mostly White? Understanding Their Appearance
Clouds are often a presence on the sky. We all see them from the ground, yet the best view we can get on them is always from above. Observing the clouds from above we can understand well enough that they are clearly the reason why we have different weather condition on the ground, and why... Continue Reading →
What Are Liquid Crystals? Insights into a Unique State of Matter.
Usually, matter is viewed as existing in one of the 4 main state forms — solid, liquid, gas, or plasma—depending on the conditions under which it is studied. In the solid state, substances are very orderly, with their particles (molecules, atoms, or ions) arranged in highly organized ways. Therefore in a solid, the atoms or... Continue Reading →
Understanding Liquid Properties: Viscosity, Surface Tension, and More
A liquid lacks both the strong spatial order of a solid, though it can have the high density of solids (a liquid has volume but doesn't have shape) and the absence of total disorder of a gas that results from the low density of gases i.e., gas molecules are relatively free of each other’s influence... Continue Reading →
HOW CAN WE MAKE ANTIMATTER?
Antimatter is by far the most expensive and difficult stuff to get. The efficiency of antimatter production and storage is extremely low. Just to for context reference, about 1 billion times more energy is required to make antimatter than is finally contained in its mass. Using E = mc2, it was found that 1 gram... Continue Reading →
STATE OF MATTER – How atoms combine and create matter?
Matter is made of atoms and the way how they combine to create structures is fundamental knowledge for our understanding of everything in the universe. Well, just to generalize a little bit, because practically speaking this is a bit of overstatement. We are still far to understand "everything", for example we know almost nothing about... Continue Reading →
IS ANTIMATTER POTENTIALLY OUR NEXT ENERGY SOURCE?
The answer to the question in headline is: NO. What you'll read next is the reason why not. Basically it's quite simple to grasp why this is out of reach. First of all is because we don’t know much about it, and second we simply don’t quite understand how antimatter behaves really nor we could... Continue Reading →
What is Antimatter? Exploring Its Mysteries and Significance
Antimatter is not the stuff you interact with, the same as you do with matter. It was for long time and still is a hot topic for science fiction stories. However this stuff is experimantally confirmed to be real and it definitely worth to learn more about it. So what is it?. I will try... Continue Reading →