Andromeda

When spring break started I went to my grandma’s house and spent my week there. When I was at my grandma’s house I played on the computer waiting till the release date of a new game called Mass Effect: Andromeda to come out. While I was waiting i talked to my friend Aydan over skype about the game since he was also getting the game. We discussed the lore of the of the first trilogy of the Mass Effect series. When the day came to get me pre-ordered game my grandma took me to Gamestop and we…

It was in 1922 that the modern-day constellations were recognized by the International Astronomical Union(IAU), and in 1930, Belgian astronomer Eugene Delporte defined the borders of the 88 official constellations, a leap from a simple informal representation and interpretation of the heavens based on the shapes made by their star patterns. Constellations are much more than exquisite astronomical images in the sky. They have different meaning in different cultures, tell amazing stories, and…

He saw that it was not a statue, but a woman, and asked her why she was chained to the rock. "My name is Andromeda", she replied, "and I have been punished because of my vain mother. She boasted that I was more beautiful than the Nereids. Poseidon was angered and said that I must be sacrificed to a sea monster," she said. Even as she spoke a monster rose from…

following: the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way is called the Andromeda Galaxy. It is just over two and a half million light years away, which means that the light we see from there is just over two and a half million years old because this is the distance between us and the Andromeda Galaxy. Now imagine those numbers written out. Wait, don’t even attempt it, I’ll write them for you. The nearest galaxy to our Milky Way is the Andromeda Galaxy. It is just over 14,500,000,000,000,000,000 miles or…

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would happen amidst a merging such as this. The Hubble Space Telescope; in measuring the motions of the Andromeda galaxy, now tells us that Andromeda is falling toward the Milky Way galaxy due to the gravitational pull of both galaxies. (6). Because the collision is said to be head-on, many stars will most likely be thrown into different orbits as an effect of the new galactic center. Andromeda is currently moving toward the Milky Way at about 250,000 per hour. As fast as this may seem, it…

of Perseus and Clash of the Titans is very similar. Perseus goes on a dauntless adventure to save a woman in both stories. In the movie, when Hades appears in King Acrisius’ palace he threatens to release the Kraken unless he sacrifices Princess Andromeda. Danae, Perseus’ mother, is forced to marry the King, in the story,…

consuming them. And about the other interaction, the Canis major dwarf, consists of stars, red giants, class M giant stars, etc… It is also wrapped around our Milky way 3 times, and more about galaxies interacting with us, there is one thing called the andromeda-Milky way collision. These are the interactions that are ongoing, but there is one major collision that will happen in a few billion…

selflessness is what ultimately carries him through many adventures and makes him a hero. Perseus reveals his intelligence while visiting the Gray Sisters, his bravery when slaying Medusa to save his mother, and selflessness when saving the fair Andromeda from the horrendous sea monster. The demigod, Perseus…