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Is There Any Difference Between Astronomy and Astrophysics?

Not in practice. You have probably already found a number of online resources that claim that the research that…

When we say that a celestial object is “invisible to the naked eye”, what we mean is that the…

The fact that we have seasons on Earth tells us that our planet does not rotate on its axis…

Collections of atoms, or minerals, form through geologic processes in planets. These processes, which happen over millions of years,…

Elements heavier than Helium are synthesized in a number of environments. For elements that are lighter than Iron, those…

The uncertainties listed in any laboratory-measured frequencies quoted in the Lovas spectral line list you refer to are 1-sigma…

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