Category: Physics

  • The Supersun of 2020

    On January 5, 2020, the Earth will be the closest it will ever get to the Sun in the 21st century, at a nice and cozy distance of 91,398,199 miles. The pair will be about a million and a half miles nearer to each other than they are on average, which is over six times…

  • Applying Physics to The Avengers

    (WARNING: The following post contains physics as well as spoilers for a certain film.) A couple months ago, I was watching The Avengers for the third time, and when the portal opened to start the alien invasion, I noticed that they kinda ignored the physics of the whole thing. The most obvious one (at least…