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Olbers' paradox is a thought experiment that arises in cosmology* which shows that our universe does not fit the "Static Newtonian" model.
Sir Isaac Newton...

A potential divider is essentially a series circuit. The characteristics of a series circuit is such that voltage from the source (a battery for example) gets split across the resistors according to t...

In Nuclear Fission, neutrons collide with radioactive atoms (eg Uranium-235) in order to split the atom into two smaller atoms and releasing energy. The more n...

When light passes through a narrow gap it will diffract (spread out). This means the light reaching the screen could have come from anywhere w...

In the LHC protons are accelerated to almost the speed of light. They are contained in the circular accelerator by the 1232 superconducting dipole magnets. How strong does the magentic field need to b...