https://nathan.freedomland.xyz/ Recent content on Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 11 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://nathan.freedomland.xyz/posts/calculating_sun/ Sat, 11 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://nathan.freedomland.xyz/posts/calculating_sun/  The Sun is a massive object. To put it into perspective, about one million Earths could fit inside it… Another fun fact is that if space could carry sound waves, the Sun would be as loud as a jackhammer! Even from the distance of 93 million miles! Hello all and welcome back to another post in my astrophysics series! Today’s topic will be focused on using the equation for gravitational force to calculate the mass of the Sun. https://nathan.freedomland.xyz/posts/matter_and_gravity/ Sun, 05 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://nathan.freedomland.xyz/posts/matter_and_gravity/ The Basics of Calculating Density of Matter The average density of the Solar System is about 1 billion times smaller then the Earth’s atmosphere. The above statement puts into perspective the unique nature of space and the universe: It’s mostly empty, a vacuum. The Solar System, which includes all the planets, asteroids, and the Sun, which has a mass of roughly 2.0 x $10^{30}$ kilograms, is a very expansive place that stretches far into space until it reaches the Interstellar Medium. https://nathan.freedomland.xyz/posts/getting_started_astrophysics/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://nathan.freedomland.xyz/posts/getting_started_astrophysics/ Hello everyone and welcome to the starting point of my astronomy and astrophysics series! Space is something I am very passionate about and I’m very excited to giude you through some basic steps of learning about our universe in a scientific way. This post will simply outline some of the material I will cover in this series. Adiditionally, this series roughly follows my notes on the Astrophysics course from Brilliant.org. https://nathan.freedomland.xyz/posts/welcome/ Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://nathan.freedomland.xyz/posts/welcome/ Welcome one and all! Hello everyone and welcome to my new blog! I hope once it’s all up and running you’ll come by to read! Who I am: My name is Nathaniel Moll and currently I’m a biochemistry and physics student at Liberty University. I started this blog to communicate my ideas in a valuable way and to make my readers think about a wide range of topics, including but perhaps limited to: