Light Years

incorporated all of these ideas into my painting due to the fact that they present important concepts in regards to physics phenomena. The emission of light waves from the sun includes the visible light spectrum, so the colors are visible to the human eye. When the waves of light pass through the different layers of the Earth’s atmosphere, the beam of light can strike either an oxygen or nitrogen molecule in the air, and cause scattering the happen. Scattering…

My eyes slowly flutter open, when they come into focus I look around. The lights are sill dim, but Shelby, Dr. Sherry, and even Sophie have all have left, leaving me in a soothing silince. How long have I been out, it couldn't have been that long, could it? I ask myself. I wonder where they could be, then I see a white door out in front of me, realizing I'm still laying down I sit up, I then look down and see a medium sleeve dark chocolate brown shirt, I slowly pick it up and sniff it. Once…

My hypothesis is the wavelength light will affect the color of the leaf and the size of the fruit of the tomato plant. My goal is to see if there will be any changes in the tomato plant and its fruit. I will be seeking to answer the questions, "Will the wavelength of light affect the chlorophyll’s color in a plant?" and “Will this light also affect the size of a tomato plant’s fruit?” I will also answer the question, “Can plants live with missing one color or all the colors in the spectrum?”…

No one would have believed, in the last years of the 19th century, that physics was heading for a crisis. It seemed like all the large questions had been answered. The behaviour of bodies, from asteroids to galaxies, was predicted by Sir Isaac Newton 's laws of gravity and motion. Magnetism, electricity and light were linked by James Clerk Maxwell’s Equations. The understanding of the atom had reached the plum pudding stage, where an atom was a globe of 'stuff ' with the positive and negative…

2-inch-long copper wire 4. String of holiday Christmas lights 5. Needle nose pliers Procedure To start this lab experiment, I gathered all the supplies needed and placed them onto my kitchen counter (see picture). First, I took the copper wire and stripped off the insulated coating with the pliers. Next, I untangled the Christmas lights and cut off a single bulb, keeping the leads at approximately 2 inches long as instructed. Once the lights were disassembled, I stripped away the insulated…

Bioluminescence is the production of light by a living organism. Luciferin and luciferase were originally introduced as terms in 1885. Two different extracts of these were obtained by the German scientist Emil Du Bois-Reymond. Through Bois-Reymond's experiments he discovered that mixing these two extracts would produce light. To further his experiments with these, he figured out a way to test how these chemicals produced the light. He heated the first of the extracts and found that, after…

Orionid Meteor Shower. Every year as the Earth cruises past an expanse of space littered with the remains of Halley’s Comet, the skies are lit with fast moving beams of light. NASA announced that the shower will begin on Wednesday and continue on till Thursday at dawn. The Time Earth is Closest to Halley’s Comet Debris Stream The best time for viewing will be on Thursday just before dawn, when the shower will reach its peak and it’ll be easiest to spot the lights. This will be the point where…

Nicholas Carr’s “Flame and Filament” is a piece of writing which seeks to outline the importance of candle light throughout history and emphasize that it still has a significant place in the modern world. Nicholas begins his story with an introduction to the history of artificial light and explains how the technology slowly evolved over the years, into the modern electrical light which has become of a staple of the world today. Throughout the story the author has added supporting details which…

Marie Curie A glowing particle of radium sat in the dark with all of its pitchblende dirt particle buddies. A sliver of light was let in by the almost shut door, and as the sliver grew bigger, the shadow of a woman appeared on the ground. Marie Curie stepped into her lab, and began to gather the tools she needed. She picked up the little jar of pitchblende and brought it to a workstation and began sifting through it. The footsteps that had been working their way to the door finally reached it…

the crisp, freezing, New Years winter. The blackness of night in sharp, unreal contrast to the lightly falling pieces of cotton gently reaching the ground. No creature dared disturb the stillness, except for me. I was wearing my rose pink pajamas, ready to jump into bed, but on this noteworthy night my eyes never grew heavy and at 11:00, I bolted towards my phone to call my best friend and fellow star-gazer, Leila. I needed to go on my telescope I had received last year, yet still remained…