Newton’s Cannon – Rational Thinking 101

Earth, Earth's Moon, Science, The Solar System

Why is the Moon not being pulled into the Earth from gravitational forces? Is the Moons mass stopping gravity from pulling it any further?

January 18, 2020February 26, 2020

The Moon is being pulled toward the Earth, but it’s forward momentum causes it to

Earth, Earth's Moon, How Stuff Works, Science, Space travel, The Solar System

Why does the moon revolve around the earth?

June 18, 2018January 18, 2020

It just moves forward. The moon isn’t stationary. It has inertia and no atmosphere in

Fact or Fiction, Science

If you fire a gun vertically from the earth's surface, but there is no friction, would it return to earth?

March 21, 2017

Yes it would return to Earth. The escape velocity for Earth is more than 11

Astronomy, Science

YouTube Solution to Newton’s Cannon

March 18, 2017January 26, 2019

Solution to Newton’s Cannon problem I proposed earlier, explained in this nice YouTube video.

Astronomy, Science

The Little Rocket that Was

March 16, 2017February 12, 2019

Let’s revisit Sir Isaac Newton’s cannon. In the above mentioned article we had placed a

Science

Newton's Cannon

March 10, 2017

The Earth is falling into the sun and the moon is falling from the sky.

Rational Thinking 101

An alien microbe as drawn by DALL-E.

Does “sunrise time” mean that’s when it begins to turn light outside, or is it when it’s already kind of light and the sun just finished coming up over the horizon?

What do you think about NASA launching a private crew to the International Space Station?

Could we actually live on Mars?

What happens when a satellite stops working or is no longer needed?

Are there intergalactic stars?

Not much, so much

Is it possible that Mars once had life in the form of tall giant giraffes in it’s ancient past since Mars had a lower gravity than Earth?

Would the government tell us if human-like life was found on Mars?

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Why is the Moon not being pulled into the Earth from gravitational forces? Is the Moons mass stopping gravity from pulling it any further?

Why does the moon revolve around the earth?

If you fire a gun vertically from the earth's surface, but there is no friction, would it return to earth?

YouTube Solution to Newton’s Cannon

The Little Rocket that Was

Newton's Cannon

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