Helicopters and hot-air balloons should travel by hovering

If the Earth were truly constantly spinning Eastwards at over 1000mph, helicopters and hot-air balloons should be able to simply…

6 years ago

Constantly Spinning Earth at 1000 mph

If Earth were truly constantly spinning Eastwards at over 1000mph, vertically-fired cannonballs and other projectiles should fall significantly due west.…

6 years ago

No Parallax of Stars After Orbit Around Sun

Tycho Brahe famously argued against the heliocentric theory in his time, positing that if the Earth revolved around the Sun,…

6 years ago

Michelson-Morley and Sagnac experiments

The Michelson-Morley and Sagnac experiments attempted to measure the change in speed of light due to Earth’s assumed motion through…

6 years ago

Olber’s Paradox

“Olber’s Paradox” states that if there were billions of stars which are suns the night sky would be filled completely…

6 years ago