Answers to Physics Questions

Physics, cosmology, astrophysics, electricity, energy, forces, gravity, light and maths...

22 November 2022

What about being high up makes your ears pop?

20 September 2022

The effects of climate change on the makeup of our oceans

20 September 2022

The strange chemistry of this everyday material

20 September 2022

How would the atmosphere be affected...

20 September 2022

They're a staple of spy and space thrillers, but is this application for real...

05 July 2022

Sometimes it's hard, sometimes it isn't...

21 March 2022

Would living on the moon mean birthdays arrive quicker?

24 February 2022

Spacetime conundrums give Hollywood a run for their money...

07 December 2021

Who-dolf-the-red-nose-reindeer could it be?

02 November 2021

The invisible stuff is an essential part of our universe, but does it come in lumps or as grains of sand?

24 August 2021

Difficult question? Wait until you hear this simple analogy

27 July 2021

How high you need to go, if at all, to experience microgravity...

29 June 2021

What force makes duct tape stick to a wall?

14 June 2021

Will a can of soda dropped in the ocean sink until it implodes, or float once it reaches equilibrium?

08 June 2021

Is it true that every single snowflake is unique?

20 April 2021

We look at this exciting question

16 March 2021

Why aren't all batteries rechargeable?

09 February 2021

Assuming there are a finite number of musical notes, how many years until no more music could be created?

26 January 2021

Would a more massive Earth make it harder to launch rockets into space?

17 November 2020

If 300 years ago one person had a certain surname, how many people could have that surname today?

25 August 2020

"Why do particles go to the centre in a bucket of water?" This is the question we're tackling this week...

28 July 2020

This round's on the internal world - how many questions can you answer?

28 July 2020

Test yourself on these physics facts and space head-scratchers!