Search results for "Speed of light" - New World Encyclopedia
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- #039;s equator, and the apparent position of the Sun at that moment. are taken to be used in the definition of a celestial coordinate system—see ...25 KB (4,132 words) - 19:17, 13 February 2024
- In astrophysics and cosmology, dark matter is a major component of ... According to present observations of structures larger than galaxies ...31 KB (4,554 words) - 22:23, 25 January 2024
- British gentleman scientist and inventor of the Victorian period. applying its principles to a novel form of illumination, the Bude light; ...27 KB (4,255 words) - 22:32, 29 January 2023
- type is the returning boomerang, a kind of throwing stick that, when thrown ... have also been used by various other peoples of the world. Boomerangs can be ...18 KB (2,904 words) - 19:33, 20 November 2023
- device used for the remote operation of a machine. Remote controls ... One of the earliest examples of a remote control was developed in ...20 KB (3,126 words) - 03:59, 8 December 2022
- and music. The dance has earned a reputation of beauty and grace in performance ... Geom-mu originated during the later portion of the Three Kingdoms ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from ... cars and breaking speeds faster than the speed of light. ...28 KB (4,136 words) - 02:08, 2 May 2023
- In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay involving ... There are two forms of beta decay: "beta minus" (β−) ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of cosmonautics, who spent most ... in a middle-class family as the fifth of eighteen children. His father ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 03:40, 8 June 2024
- battle grounds have earned him the love of his country man and the respect ... Contrary to public belief, however, the mainstay of the Korean navy ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 00:27, 3 May 2023
- data. Modems can be used over any means of transmitting analog signals ... that turns the digital '1s and 0s' of a personal computer into sounds ...43 KB (6,933 words) - 19:24, 9 November 2022
- Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was ... Born the son of John P. Hubble, an insurance executive in Marshfield ...14 KB (2,031 words) - 23:56, 12 February 2024
- thrust. The most common propellants consist of a fuel and an oxidizer that ... The development of extremely powerful rocket propellants has enabled ...24 KB (3,649 words) - 02:28, 16 December 2022
- derived from oil extracted from the rind of the bergamot orange, a fragrant ... tea, and its taste and aroma evoke the scent of perfume more than a beverage ...15 KB (2,263 words) - 01:25, 16 January 2023
- the proper fuel/air mixture for a wide range of engine-operating conditions ... Bánki in 1893. Frederick William Lanchester of Birmingham, England experimented ...26 KB (4,190 words) - 19:11, 26 November 2023
- Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial ... to detect them due to technical limitations of his apparatus ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- Its melting point is higher than that of any other non-alloy, and it ... Torbern Bergman suggested the possibility of obtaining a new metal by reducing ...17 KB (2,431 words) - 18:45, 2 May 2023
- who was the first to observe four of Saturn's moons. He compiled ... near Sanremo, at that time in the Republic of Genoa. His father was James ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 14:07, 22 May 2024
- Asparagus is the name a genus of plants within the flowering plant ... As a vegetable, the tender, succulent shoots of asparagus not only ...14 KB (2,081 words) - 04:48, 18 August 2023
- All tape-based camcorders have removable media in the form of video ... eventually enabled the construction of portable video-cameras and ...34 KB (5,130 words) - 18:53, 25 November 2023
