Can life arise in a hydrogen atmosphere? What other forms of life are possible?
Mar 22nd: Living Things
Steve Nerlich Archive
Feb 22nd: Galaxies Matter!
On the grand scale of things, galaxies are on the grand scale of things. How does the galaxy rotate? What is intergalactic dust made of? @cheapastro at #365DaysofAstro
Feb 8th: Fantastic Physics Formulas: E=mc^2
E=mc squared is a nice straight-forward formula, indeed the energy-mass equivalence concept that underlies it is pretty straight-forward too. But why is that constant a velocity – and why is it squared?
Jan 11th: Life In Space
Does life arise from extremophiles or do extremophiles arise from life? Will we have pets in space?
Dec 14th: It’s A Weird Place, But We’re Getting To Know It!
Today @CheapAstro is about time and timing. What is time made of? Is Betelguese about to blow? Find the answers at #365DaysOfAstro
Nov 30th: Cosmology Conundrums
Today @CheapAstro takes some cheap shots at dubious cosmology claims. What exactly is vacuum energy? What do you make of Massive Gravity?
Nov 9th: Practicalities
Cheap Astronomy uncovers some of the inconvenient truths of space travel.
Oct 12th: The Big Questions
How long did the Universe take to complete the periodic table? Is Interstellar travel really out of the question? @CheapAstro will answer these questions today.
Sep 4th: Unsubstantiated Claims
Are there really primordial black holes? What do you make of the helical drive? Today @CheapAstro investigates some unsubstantiated claims
Jul 27th: Space is Hard & Mars is Harder
Is there any point in ‘Nuking’ Mars? How are we going to get home from Mars? more with @CheapAstro at #365DaysOfAstro