Previously answered questions by Sara Slater

(in order of times viewed)

1. Why do planets have elliptical orbits?
2. What would happen to us if the sun went out for an hour?
3. Where did the matter in the universe come from?
4. Does the Coriolis force determine which way my toilet drains? Does it affect black holes?
5. What happens to spacetime inside a black hole?
6. What do a galaxy's colors mean? Are they its true colors?
7. Can superheavy elements (such as Z=116 or 118) be formed in a supernova? Can we observe them?
8. Did I see the Aurora Borealis as a child?
9. How do we know the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy?
10. Do similar laws of physics throughout the Universe imply that all life must be like life on Earth?
11. Can I see a quasar?
12. What is our galaxy's halo made of, and how was it formed?
13. What is the SU(3) quark model?
14. What causes gamma ray bursts?
15. How does melting a material reset its radioactive clock?
16. How does a star take mass from another star?
17. What is "nothing", from a scientific point of view?
18. What is the photoelectric effect? Why can't multiple low-frequency photons free an electron?

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