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- Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is the third largest by diameter and fourth largest by mass. Uranus is similar in composition to ...17 KB (2,530 words) - 13:36, 3 May 2023
- In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay involving the emission of beta particles. Beta particles are high-energy, high ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- The Sun is the star at the center of the Earth's solar system. The Earth and other matter (including other planets, asteroids, comets, ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- A white dwarf, also called a degenerate dwarf, is a small star composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. As white dwarfs have mass comparable ...72 KB (10,792 words) - 18:14, 4 May 2023
- 1 (one) is a number, numeral, and the glyph that represents the number. It represents a single entity and is commonly regarded as the fundamental ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. Jupiter and the other gas giants—Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are ...33 KB (5,016 words) - 16:30, 14 May 2024
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located in the southeastern corner of New Mexico near the city of Carlsbad, where ...19 KB (2,927 words) - 15:25, 27 November 2023
- Johannes Diderik van der Waals (November 23, 1837 – March 8, 1923) was an outstanding Dutch physicist who was the first to obtain an equation ...10 KB (1,620 words) - 23:19, 22 June 2023
- A star is a massive, luminous ball of plasma that is held together by its own gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source ...80 KB (12,078 words) - 15:50, 27 April 2023
- Nuclear fission is the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into parts (lighter nuclei), often producing photons (in the form of gamma rays), ...31 KB (4,827 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- A chemical element, often called simply element, is the class of atoms which contain the same number of protons. An older definition refers to ...10 KB (1,624 words) - 14:39, 5 December 2023
- Electric charge is a fundamental, conserved property of some subatomic particles, such as electrons and protons. There are two opposite types ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines "planet" as a celestial body that, within the solar system,[http://www.iau.org/news/press ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- In the Solar System, Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. It is a gas giant (also known as a Jovian planet, after the planet Jupiter), the ...26 KB (3,935 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- The Solar system (or solar system) Capitalization of the name varies. The IAU, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies ...60 KB (9,448 words) - 15:09, 27 April 2023
- Fuel is any material that is burned or altered to obtain energy. Fuel releases its energy either through chemical means, such as combustion, ...10 KB (1,556 words) - 00:50, 18 October 2022
- Electronegativity is one of the fundamental concepts for an understanding of chemical bonding. The first modern definition was suggested by Linus ...16 KB (2,171 words) - 15:58, 13 February 2024
- Category:Public [[Image:Weatheringcartoon.jpg|thumb|right|400px|This illustration shows various components of space weathering]] Space weathering ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 17:14, 14 October 2022
- Atmospheric chemistry involves study of the chemistry of the atmospheres of Earth and other planets. It is a branch of atmospheric science and ...11 KB (1,481 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the solar system, orbiting the Sun once every 88 days. Its brightness ranges from about -2.0 ...35 KB (5,451 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- A laser (an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is an electronic-optical device that emits coherent radiation ...41 KB (6,333 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- Cosmic rays are energetic particles originating from space that impinge on Earth's atmosphere. Almost 90 percent of all the incoming cosmic ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- Radioactive decay is the process by which an excited, unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation in the form of particles or ...30 KB (4,559 words) - 22:46, 7 December 2022
- Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in our solar system. It is the fourth largest planet by diameter and the third largest ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- Niobium or columbium (chemical symbol Nb, atomic number 41) is a rare, soft, gray metal. It was discovered in a variety of columbite (now called ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 04:59, 15 November 2022
- Boiling is the process of rapidly converting a liquid to its gaseous (vapor) state, typically by heating the liquid to a temperature called its ...13 KB (2,088 words) - 05:24, 17 November 2023
- to calculate the concentration of helium-4, helium-3, deuterium and lithium-7 in the universe as ratios to the amount of ordinary hydrogen, H. All ...58 KB (8,668 words) - 03:46, 1 October 2023
- Basalt is a common, gray to black volcanic rock. It is usually fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava on the Earth's surface. It may ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 03:22, 1 January 2022
- X-ray astronomy is an observational branch of astronomy that focuses on the study of celestial objects based on their X-ray emissions. These ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 14:15, 20 May 2023
- Category:Public number=74 | symbol=W | name=tungsten | left=tantalum | right=rhenium | above=Mo | below=Sg | color1=#ffc0c0 | color2=black ...17 KB (2,431 words) - 18:45, 2 May 2023
- 2 (two) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number. It is the natural number A natural number is any number that is a positive ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate, as opposed to a nuclear ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- Gamma rays (γ rays) is the popular name applied to gamma radiation, the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation and thus the electromagnetic ...16 KB (2,549 words) - 04:20, 18 April 2024
- Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (August 12, 1887 – January 4, 1961) was an Austrian-Irish physicist who achieved fame for his contributions ...17 KB (2,571 words) - 21:27, 20 March 2024
- Gas is one of the four major states or phases of matter, along with solid, liquid, and plasma. Each state is characterized by distinct physical ...20 KB (3,107 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM PC FRS (August 30, 1871 - October 19, 1937), widely referred to as Lord Rutherford, was ...17 KB (2,514 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- In physics and chemistry, an atomic orbital is a region in which an electron may be found within a single atom. J. Daintith, Oxford Dictionary ...33 KB (5,193 words) - 01:09, 18 November 2022
- Refraction is the change in direction of a wave due to a change in its speed, as observed when a wave passes from one medium to another. The ...21 KB (3,222 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe. It involves studies of the physical properties (luminosity ...14 KB (1,947 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- A subatomic particle is a particle smaller than an atom. It may be either an elementary (or fundamental) particle, or a composite particle, also ...20 KB (3,162 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- The development of the periodic table of the elements parallels the development of science and our understanding of the physical universe. It ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 15:59, 25 January 2023
- Activated carbon (also called active carbon, activated charcoal, or activated coal) is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 05:41, 15 June 2023
- A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects. The speed and flow ...21 KB (3,348 words) - 10:57, 15 May 2023
- 4 (four) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number. It is the natural number A natural number is any number that is a positive ...24 KB (3,319 words) - 06:45, 13 June 2023
- A quasar (contraction of QUASi-stellAR radio source) is an extremely bright and distant active nucleus of a young galaxy. Quasars were first ...16 KB (2,372 words) - 15:39, 7 December 2022
- Chromatography (from Greek χρώμα chroma, meaning "color") is the collective term for a family of laboratory techniques for the ...17 KB (2,480 words) - 21:51, 10 December 2023
- An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services ...33 KB (4,986 words) - 07:02, 16 June 2023
- The solar wind is a stream of charged particles — a plasma — ejected from the upper atmosphere of the Sun. It consists mostly of electrons ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 00:46, 4 February 2023
- Distillation is a method of separating chemical substances based on differences in their volatilities. It usually forms part of a larger chemical ...29 KB (4,405 words) - 15:30, 29 January 2024
- A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system consisting of stars, an interstellar medium of gas, plasma, and dust, and dark matter.L.S ...57 KB (8,514 words) - 03:49, 18 April 2024
