LIGHT IS LIKE A NOODLE LONG AND STRAINABLE

LIGHT IS LIKE A NOODLE LONG AND STRAINABLE

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To me, this subject (light wavelengths) was almost as confusing as electromagnetism. That might be because of its complexity. To my understanding this is light. Light coming from the sun comes in all lengths. It can be red, blue, green or whatever. When this light passes through an object indirectly to us, photons are added to the hit object. Due to electromagnetism the excited particle (on the way down) releases light. This we can observe in spikes on a graph, water, our atmosphere, and many other things. When light passes through an object and hits us, there are gaps in the light. These gaps can help us decide the object the light passes through. This is like a straining effect. You can try it on your own or use the example I gave you. -- The Brain

Try to find the chemical composition of the cloud this light came through.

Did you find the composition? If you did, good. If you didn't, keep trying.

DARK MATTER; JUST AS SCARY AS IT SEEMS

DARK MATTER; JUST AS SCARY AS IT SEEMS

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http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/dark-matter6.htm

Dark matter is very important to our universe. Besides being important it is also difficult to understand. To give you an understanding of this cosmic science, I will give you only basics. Let's get started! In cosmology and astronomy, dark matter is a hypothesized to explain the amount of missing mass in the universe. It can not be seen by our telescopes because it doesn't emits nor absorbs light. Thankfully we can see it due to it's gravitational effects on stars and other planets. Dark matter was first needed (realized) on account for the missing mass in star clusters and galaxies. The famous astronomers Jan Oort and Fritz Zwicky first theorized dark matters existence due to "missing mass" in stars and galaxies and orbital velocities of stars in our galaxy. It seems that Dark matter is made from an unknown sub-atomic particle. Although Dark matter is widely accepted in most scientific communities, there are a few other theories including MOND and TeVeS that try to explain what dark matter is account for. In our universe dark matter outnumbers regular matter almost three to one. -- The Brain

ANTIMATTER (AND YOU THOUGHT DARK MATTER WAS SCARY)

ANTIMATTER (AND YOU THOUGHT DARK MATTER WAS SCARY)

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http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2010/11/22/why-making-neutral-antimatter/

In physics (specifically particle physics), antimatter is something consisting of antiparticles. Antiparticles have the same mass as the particles that we so comfortably live with, but they have opposite charge along with quantum spin. When a antimatter particle and a regular particle hit each other, they emit high-energy photons "gamma-ray". They can also release particle antiparticle pairs. In nature, all particles (or antiparticles) have an opposite pair. So for every particle you see their is an antiparticle that it could explode with. Antiparticles bind the same way that regular particles do. They can make atoms and other super terrifying stuff that scares me. For example, you can take a positron (the antimatter equivalent to an electron) and mold it with an antiproton to create a (gulp) antihydrogen. Fortunately other types of atoms have only been created in labs. -- The Brain