science – Sincy Science

What is the colour of the universe?

Sincy March 5, 2017 colour, doppler effect, hubble deep field, science, space, universe0 Comment

What is the colour of the universe? Well one simple look into the night sky would tell you that the majority of it is black, as there are huge gaps of darkness between each of the stars that we can...

New Horizon – A mission to the edge of the Solar System

Sincy July 14, 2015August 15, 2016 astronomy, Charon, Kuiper Belt, New Horizons, Planetary Travel, Pluto, science0 Comment

Today, NASA’s New Horizon mission made its closest approach to the dwarf planet Pluto, a journey that has been almost 10 years in the making. Launched on January 19th 2006, New Horizons has been speeding towards Pluto ever since, and...

Neighbours – the Cosmic Version

Sincy February 10, 2015August 15, 2016 andromeda galaxy, astronomy, galaxies, gravitational lens, magellanic clouds, monty python, science, the milky way0 Comment

‘Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours…..’ It used to be a programme that I religiously watched every day as a youngster at 5.35pm – before the Simpsons at 6pm of course – and I learned a lot from Harold, Lou, Madge,...

The Doppler Effect

Sincy January 31, 2015August 15, 2016 big bang theory, doppler effect, science3 Comments

It’s time for me to return to my first love in science, some hard core physics! Maybe those three words should never be placed together, but I do so because I am going to explain an effect that no doubt...

Voyager, Cassini-Huygens and the Lakes of Titan

Sincy November 17, 2014August 15, 2016 Cassini, Saturn, science, Titan, Voyager0 Comment

Titan, the largest of Saturn’s 53 named moons, has always been one of the most intriguing objects in the Solar System. It was first discovered by Christian Huygens in 1655, and just using an Earth based telescope it has an...

Choices, and whether you choose to read on or not…..

Sincy October 21, 2014August 15, 2016 butterfly effect, choices, science0 Comment

Some people say that our choices define us. We make them every day. They range from the small decisions like when to set an alarm or what route you travel to work, up to life defining choices like whether you...

The wisdom and warnings of Stephen Hawking

Sincy October 2, 2014August 15, 2016 A.I, aliens, science, Stephen Hawking0 Comment

Everyone knows of Stephen Hawking. Some know him as the man who proved the theory of a Big Bang; others know him as the author of ‘’A Brief History of Time’, still one of the most popular scientific books ever...

The life of Nikola Tesla

Sincy July 10, 2014August 15, 2016 Edison, electricity, science, Tesla0 Comment

I am going to tell you about one of the most important scientists or engineers there have been in the past 150 years – a man named Nikola Tesla. This is a man responsible for our current flow of electricity...

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Sincy June 10, 2014August 15, 2016 electromagnetic spectrum, infra red, Light, science, ultra violet, visible light, x rays1 Comment

Light is everywhere. I know right! What a startling revelation! We cannot help but notice the light in front of us, from light bulbs and LED’s, to candles and campfires, to lightning and laser beams, to bioluminescence like glow worms...

So what is the deal with Schrodinger’s Cat?

Sincy June 3, 2014August 15, 2016 Copenhagen, Einstein, Schrodinger's Cat, science1 Comment

You will have most likely heard it being referenced to at some point in your life. TV shows like the Big Bang Theory and Futurama, and films like The Prestige have all mentioned one of the most famous thought experiments...