Nebula

Look up at the night and what do you see? Millions of twinkling lights, also known as stars. Stars are one of the most popular astronomical objects and represents the building blocks of galaxies. A star is defined as a vast ball of gas held together by its own gravity. The nearest star to earth is the Sun. Similar to a living organism, stars have a life cycle in which they are born, they develop and grow, and eventually die. Stars begin as a vast cloud interstellar dust (mostly carbon or…

ejected by the Sun in various directins. While it was stronger while the Sun was younger, it is now significantly weaker. The wind swept out most of the remaining gas. • Massive bombardment—planetesimals remaining after the clearing of the solar nebula became comets and asteroids. Many of them impacted on objects within the solar system during the first few 100 million years, which led to the creation of…

No one knew the Milky Way's size at the time, but because of his research, Hubble was able to estimate that Andromeda Nebula thought as a spiral at the time was nearly 900,000 light years away from us, thus it had to be its own galaxy. Andromeda Nebula was later proven to be nearly 2.48 million light years. The Andromeda Nebula was later renamed the Andromeda Galaxy. In the early 1920s, Edwin began conducting new research, along with fellow friend Milton Humason, on the…

and affect many other bodies in space. For example, when they explode, they create supernovas and eventually those supernovas create black holes. They also are very beautiful and powerful. A high mass star starts out in a nebula and is created by the matter that lies in the nebula. When the hydrogen gas is forced together due to gravity, the star begins to spin and reach extreme temperatures. It gets so hot that it begins nuclear fusion in the core. It is now a main sequence star and glows very…

In this lab, the objective is to research astronomical devices through the provided respective links. After choosing one of the devices used to study Astronomy, the researcher must then begin to delve into information about the device and its current location and providers. Through research an understanding is gained, and the researcher is able to better comprehend the capabilities of their decided to device. Once this step is achieved, it is next part of the process to review images produce by…

photograph taken by the Hubble Space telescope is thought to be one of the most amazing space photographs ever captured. The “Pillars of Creation,” [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillars_of_Creation] is a picture of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula resembling elephant trunks. The pillars are about seven thousand light years from Earth. The picture is of gas and dust in the middle of creating new stars with illumination coming from within and without. The image itself is remarkable,…

The solar nebular hypothesis describes the formation of our solar system from a nebula cloud made from a collection of dust and gas. It is believed that the sun, planets, moons, and asteroids were formed around the same time around 4.5 billion years ago from a nebula. 2. Planets move around the Sun in ellipses, with the Sun at one focus point. Earth seasons 1.A season is a division of the year, marked by changes in weather…

Russell Schultz Orion Constellation and Greek Mythology The Orion constellation the most famous constellation of the winter sky. It lies on the celestial equator which means a part of it can always be seen. When it rises in November it is tilted to the left. When it is at its max altitude in the south it Is vertical, and when it when it sets it is tilted to the right. The rectangle of stars in the middle represents Orion's torso. The star at the northwest of Orion is…

Stargazing 101: Taurus the Bull Taurus is among one of the oldest constellations recognized by human civilization. The bull, in many ancient cultures, is a symbol of strength and fertility. It is very prominent in Greek mythology, and many stars in the constellation are also significant. The Mythology As we’ve learned, Zeus had an insatiable lust for beautiful women. Europa was no exception. The beautiful daughter of Agenor, king of Tyre, was out by the sea picking flowers when Zeus saw her.…

Some of the Solar Nebula elements were heavier, including oxygen, lead and iron. The nebula decreased under its own gravity, accumulating into lumps that at the end became the sun, planets, moons and other bodies. According to the Old-Earth supporters, the secular age of the earth is about 4.5 billion…