Need Help Choosing a Physics Topic

[amol]

I have to do a research paper on "The Physics of 'blank'", where 'blank' is any narrow/specific item of my choice that is studied in astronomy, astrophysics, or cosmology.
Do any of you have any suggestions on something that would be interesting and maybe perhaps a little different?

PS, this is a high school Physics class, so it's probably not going to be something very complex.

 

[Darien]

I don't know about "different", but there are lots of things in those fields that are neat:
white dwarfs
quasars
black holes
binary star systems
the sun (helioseismology, for example)
cosmic radiation
big bang & galaxy movement

 

[MikeMike]

physics of cars

explain how mpg drops off after you get past a certain speed, with a certain rpm, because of wind resistance, etc

 

[TheoPetro]

black holes and singularities did it for me. The theory of spacetime and how its warped and creates gravity is another one but that goes along with black holes.

 

[Legendary]

Specific Relativity
Not just relativity, general relativity is far more annoying than specific.

 

[Sahakiel]

Gravity, time, and perception should be decent topics for high school. You can say a lot without using a single equation.

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: Darien
I don't know about "different", but there are lots of things in those fields that are neat:
white dwarfs
quasars
black holes
binary star systems
the sun (helioseismology, for example)
cosmic radiation
big bang & galaxy movement

that last one seems quite interesting; i'll think more about that 🙂

 

[everman]

Comparison of Lorentz relativity and Einstein's general relativity, why Lorentz was right and faster than light travel is possible.....You might even get a nobel prize outta this one if it's good! ;D

 

[Sc4freak]

N-Body gravitational attraction.

 

[jagec]

Spectral analysis. It's AMAZING how much info you can get from a simple spectrum.

 

[NanoStuff]

Originally posted by: jagec
Spectral analysis. It's AMAZING how much info you can get from a simple spectrum.

Doesn't sound like something a spectrum analyzer would say.

 

[Mo0o]

Quantum theory and the hunt from the graviton

 

[fire400]

radeon x1950 GDDR4

unprecedented technology thus far, and implementation of a new memory standard

 

[Sc4freak]

Originally posted by: fire400
radeon x1950 GDDR4

unprecedented technology thus far, and implementation of a new memory standard

astronomy, astrophysics, or cosmology