By Daniel Brouse / January 24, 2026 The ancient Babylonians (flourishing c. 2000 BCE) constructed the mathematical skeleton upon which modern timekeeping still rests. Their sexagesimal (base-60) numerical system—likely chosen for its exceptional divisibility—gave us the 60-minute hour and the 360-degree circle. Sixty is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, making it uniquely […]
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Prime Time: Ancient Timekeeping, Number Theory, and the Biology of Survival
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The Geminids: A Meteor Shower Born of Rock, Not Ice
by Daniel Brouse December 13, 2025 The Geminid meteor shower is reaching its peak, but unfortunately, weather conditions will prevent many people in my area from seeing the show tonight. Even so, there’s good news: you should still be able to spot remnants of the Geminids over the next several nights as activity gradually tapers […]
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The Difference Between Astronomy and Astrology: Perception vs. Reality
by Daniel Brouse December 27, 2024 In recent times, there has been an increasing surge of posts about planetary alignments, planets in retrograde, and other celestial “phenomena.” These concepts are often popularized in media and social networks, but it’s important to understand the significant difference between astronomy and astrology, which lies in the distinction between […]
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How to Make Gold & Platinum
by Daniel Brouse Q: How do you make gold and platinum? A: Collide two neutron stars “It’s so beautiful. It’s so beautiful it makes me want to cry. It’s the fulfillment of dozens, hundreds, thousands of people’s efforts, but it’s also the fulfillment of an idea suddenly becoming real,” said Peter Saulson of Syracuse University. […]
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Tagged Albert Einstein, astronomy, gold, gravitational waves, platinum, spacetime, stars
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The Universal Theorem
The Cron Vortex by Daniel Brouse The Universal Theorem contains elements from: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity / Space-time Continuum, Vortex Physics, Chaos Theory and The Laws of Thermodynamics. The combination of these elements form a system. The interaction between the system and matter is commonly called time. Imagine Earth as it starts on the edge […]
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Tagged chaos theory, Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Laws of Thermodynamics, Space-time Continuum, Universal Theorem, Vortex Physics
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Picture Of A Black Hole
by Daniel Brouse You can not really take a picture of a black hole. No light escapes from a black hole, so you won’t see anything. That is why it is called a black hole; however, theoretical astronomers have attempted to take the first picture. Instead, they try to piece together an image of a […]
Kid Discovers Lost Mayan City
A teenager from Canada has discovered a Mayan City. William Gadoury, a 15-year-old from Saint-Jean-de-Matha in Canada, used images from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the Japanese Space Agency to connect the position of the stars in constellations to the position of Mayan cities. “Geometric shapes, such as squares or rectangles, appeared on these […]
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Tagged ancient civilizations, constellations, Mayan, stars
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NASA Interplanetary Travel Posters
NASA released print quality travel posters promoting space exploration. Greetings from your First Exoplanet While there is much debate over which exoplanet discovery is considered the “first,” one stands out from the rest. In 1995, scientists discovered 51 Pegasi b, forever changing the way we see the universe and our place in it. The exoplanet […]
Reusable Rocket Success
SpaceX is a private company that manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. After several recent failed missions, SpaceX has launched and recovered the first ever reusable rocket. The SpaceX rocket launched multiple […]
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Tagged MAKING HUMAN LIFE MULTI-PLANETARY, private space travel, reusable rockets, SpaceX
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