Welcome everyone to a new mini project I am starting on the James Webb Space Telescope, also known as the JWST. I have decided to start this project for two reasons: learn for myself about the discoveries and their implications in the fields of astrophysics and cosmology and share my findings with everyone reading this …
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Background on this Project We finished off the last post with the understanding of how acceleration and gravity are the same thing and how light bends in the presence of both, but how can we actually prove this instead of talking about it? Einstein faced this same problem when he first published General Relativity and …
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Background on this Project Here we are, we've moved on from Special Relativity and now we are in the big leagues: General Relativity. Don't get too excited yet though. We first have to cover a preliminary yet essential to understand relationship in physics: gravity and light. Imagine you step on a scale on Earth and …
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After deciding which of the previous summer camps fit your needs best, it's on to the application. For many of the programs listed, the application is similar to applying to college in the sense that you'll need to submit recommendations, transcripts, SAT/ACT scores, activities, your interests, and a lot of other background information. However, once …
Have you wondered how to spend your summer? How to legitimately pursue your interests while also having an activity that is "application defining" for colleges? Then let me introduce you to the world of competitive summer camps. My cousin gets the credit for being the catalyst in my search for summer activities. It all starts …
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Background on this Project Welcome to the first explanation blog post. I will be covering Special Relativity. This is the first theory explained in the show, Genius, and also it is the theory I have the greatest understanding of. I think it is best to start with a joke that Einstein says when he is …
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Millions of people across America have access to Amazon Prime Video, but I can almost guarantee a large majority of these people have not heard of one of the greatest shows the platform has to offer, Genius. Genius is a series that dives into the lives of notable “geniuses” in history. There are three seasons …
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This is likely to be our final update on the Dyson Swarm project we have been working on. The pandemic that is currently going on has made it impossible to meet up and materialize our ideas with a 3-d printer. As a result of this, this last post is to serve as an outline of …
Our third progress report isn’t one of much advancements towards our final product in terms of physical progress, but on the side of planning and brainstorming we made some significant bounds. The week started out by emailing one other professor, who was a chemist that specialized in solar energy utilization. We are still waiting for …
It’s week number two and of all the professors we emailed, the only responses we got was from professor Hauer Jenner from Miami Ohio. She was enthusiastic but let us know that the iron compounds in the core couldn't be reached with today's technology. However, she seemed to think the iron available in mercury’s core …
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