Astronomer

In the beginning of this article from Sciencenews it is talking about the two cosmic magnifying glasses that are letting astronomers see a peek of a few faint galaxies that could have occurred as far back as 600 million years before the Big Bang. These tiny galaxies could have possibly played a large part in cosmic reionization. Rachel Livermore an astronomer at the University of Texas at Austin says “That when they detected galaxies as faint they did it supports the idea that a lot of little…

musician and an amateur astronomer when he first laid eyes upon Uranus. Herschel does not credit his discovery to chance, rather it was a result of his diligent studies of the heavens that allowed him to discover the planet. At the time Herschel had been surveying the skies at night trying discover all the double stars, he was using his home made telescope which was the first of it's kind and was a lot more powerful in comparison with the telescopes of other astronomers of his time. The fact…

Obedience or Resistance In the story “Astronomer 's Wife”, astronomer is the father figure, the plumber acts like the mother figure, and astronomer’s wife, Mrs Ames, represents the child figure in the story. Undoubtedly, astronomer has all father figure’s traits. Although there is no direct description of him, through his wife, Mrs Ames, I can see an acrimonious husband who takes dominance over his wife and controls her under his custody. Just like story says, “the day would proceed from this,…

mathematics and is daughter of Theon. She was also killed by a fanatical Christian sect. What did Hypatia teach? Hypatia was the earliest female mathematician, astronomer, and a philosopher and was also the first woman to impact an early thought in mathematics. In Hypatia’s time she was the worlds leading mathematician and astronomer. Hypatia was also a teacher and lecturer on Philosophical topics. People from other cities even came to study and learn from her because she was mostly…

marriage should behave can lead to a lack of equality in a marriage. In the “Astronomer’s Wife,” by Kay Boyle. Mrs. Ames become tired due to the loveless, silence and loses her sense of youthfulness in her marriage. Mrs. Ames describe her husband the Astronomer that he is the mind of the mind, who spend his time wandering the mountains and looking in the sky on the rooftop…

Galileo’s Contributions Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer, played a major role in the scientific revolution. He laid the foundation of modern physics and astronomy. Initially, he studied medicine at the University of Pisa, but lost interest. Soon after that, Galileo developed an interest in mathematics and physics and began observing our solar system. While observing the solar system, he developed his own scientific method.. He later helped develop the modern scientific method, which…

During the 1960 Democratic Nomination Convention, candidate John F. Kennedy referred to space as the “New Frontier,” and ever since astronomers have ardently pushed the boundaries of space exploration . Nowadays, many look to push the boundaries of this frontier by focusing on Earth’s nearest planet, Mars, and in particular astronomers have researched the possibility of a manned missions to Mars. This proposal seriously began with Wernher von Braun, the first person to conduct a detailed…

He the "speaker" describes that while he is sitting there listening to a lecture of astronomer. He sees the evidence and accurate information on the columns before his eyes, as the diagrams and charts that he has to have analyzed mathematically. At the end of the astronomer lecture, everyone in the room applauded the astronomer. While he the speaker goes to the lecture room because he started, feeling exhausted and worn out. His mind wandered away, he the speaker looks up into the night sky…

Maria Mitchell was an educator, a feminist, and perhaps most notably, the first female to work as a professional astronomer in the United States. She gained fame in 1847 when she excused herself from a dinner party to survey the sky using her father’s telescope, and discovered a comet. This comet became known as “Miss Mitchell’s Comet” and won her a gold medal which was presented to her by the Danish government (Mitchell 1889, 331-343). Mitchell was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts to Quaker…

sometimes to tell the difference between each constellation. Some stars look brighter than others in the sky, not all stars are the same. Astronomers use, what they called the apparent magnitude to measure the brightness of the object in the sky. The astronomer that divided the stars into six different magnitudes based on their brightness is the Greek astronomer, named Hipparchus, in the second century B.C, he also numbered the six classes of the stars from 1 to 6. 1 being the brightest through…