Author

Philip Hogan

Philip Hogan is a physics and astronomy teacher at a public high school. Alongside standard physical science courses, he leads an astronomy elective and coordinates evening observation sessions with the school’s telescopes. Hogan helps students learn observational astronomy, guiding them through celestial mapping and nighttime viewings of planets and constellations.

Can You See the Curvature of the Earth?
Is There Something Bigger Than the Universe?
Why Is Gravity Different on Different Planets?
When Is Nightfall? The Science of When Night Begins
Are Black Holes Really Holes or Just Dense Objects?
What Is a Blue Sun? From Hot Stars to Blue Skies
What Would Happen If the Moon Disappeared?
How Is the Universe Like Rising Raisin Bread Dough?
What Comes After the Universe Ends?
Do Black Holes Go Away? The Process of Evaporation
What Would Happen If the Earth Was a Cube?
What Would Happen If a Black Hole Swallowed Earth?
Why Does the Moon Follow Us When We Move?
What Is a Solar Filter and How Does It Work?
Do All Stars Go Supernova? The Fate of Dying Stars
What Would Happen If the Earth Had Rings?
What Would Happen If the Earth Stopped Revolving?
What Would Happen If the Earth Stopped Spinning?
Why Are We Not Crushed by the Weight of the Atmosphere?
Can the World End? The Science of Existential Threats
What Does the Inside of a Black Hole Look Like?
Are We Orbiting a Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy?
Can a Submarine Survive a Tsunami?
What If the Big Bang Never Happened?
Where in the Universe Did the Big Bang Take Place?
What Is the Big Freeze? The Fate of the Universe
What Is the Light at the Center of a Galaxy?
Is There a Black Hole in the Center of Every Galaxy?
What Do We Mean by the Star-Gas-Star Cycle?
Why Isn’t the Moon Blue? The Science of Its True Color