Math

Saturn and the orbits of many of its moons. Credit: SpaceKit, via Ian Webster
How do you calculate the orbit of an object in space?
Phil Plait
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Happy September equinox! So what exactly does that mean, anyway?
Phil Plait
Sep 23, 2019
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The Earth seen from the DSCOVR spacecraft on Sep. 23, 2018, on the equinox. Credit: NASA/NOAO
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Google team breaks Guinness World Record for most accurate value of pi
Adam Pockross
Mar 14, 2019
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A Pi Day pie from Reilly's Bakery in Biddeford at Biddeford High School
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The median Earth
Phil Plait
Mar 5, 2019
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A map of the world created by taking the median data from a year’s worth of observations from Suomi-NPP, an Earth-observing satellite. Credit: NASA/SuomiNPP/Johannes Kroeger
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World's largest bee found 38 years later, and she may just do math
Adam Pockross
Feb 21, 2019
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Mathematician crunches the numbers on Black Panther, A Quiet Place's Oscar odds
Jacob Oller
Jan 18, 2019
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Black Panther via official Disney website 2019
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How far away can you see a meteor?
Phil Plait
Dec 13, 2018
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A bright Geminid streaks past Orion and the bright star Sirius in the 2009 shower. Credit: Babak Tafreshi
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New study shows bad Rotten Tomatoes reviews have no impact on film earnings
Carol Pinchefsky
Sep 12, 2017
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