Astronomer

THE COLD PLUTO By : Ethan Garcia Pluto was discovered on February 18th, 1930. By an American astronomer named Clyde William Tombaugh. The name Pluto was given to the planet by an eleven year old girl, by The name of Venetia Burney. The scientist wanted to keep the tradition of naming the Planets after Roman Gods of the Underwold. Pluto was said to be the smallest Planet in the solar system and the ninth Planet from the sun, little after Pluto was recategorized…

Rene Descartes, born in the late 1500’s, was a well-known French, natural philosopher. During his time period, the Age of Enlightenment, the Scientific Revolution was shifting the world. Thinkers and discovers such as Copernicus and Galileo from the method of scholasticism in the medieval times, brought new studies of modern science to this era. Scholasticism is what are past down truths that have been assumed from our knowledge of religion and philosophy throughout time. Scholasticism should…

discovered a planet like Earth known as Kepler-186f, named after the telescope that found it, the Kepler. This discovery raises the possibility that a large number of planets like earth are waiting to be found, maybe much closer to Earth. One astronomer says that this is a tip of the iceberg discovery! Another says that it is a historic discovery of an Earth-like planet in a perfect spot around its star. Nasa says that future missions will study whether which planets are life friendly and…

Vincenzo Galilei, and Giulia Ammannati , he had five siblings. His wife's name was Marina Gamba, he had 3 children. He was famous for discovering the four massive moons of Jupiter. He also created the pendulum clock, galileo was a great physicist and astronomer in my opinion. Galileo's young years were pretty hard I would say ,his family was poor but he did do well in school he was very intelligent. He loved to do art and play music, he also was very good in math. Since his family did not have…

the observatory to learn about astronomy and look through thermal telescopes to view the sun. Every October the department hosts a “Haunted Observatory” event, in which children dress as Hogwarts characters and speak to volunteers dressed as dead astronomers. One thing everyone can be excited about is that on the 21st of next August, Columbia will be one of the best cities in the nation to view a total solar…

would weigh as much on Earth as an elephant – that’s 5.5 tons in one incredibly strong teaspoon. A white dwarf’s radius is just .01 times that of our Sun, but the mass is about the same. Estimating how long a white dwarf has been cooling helps astronomers increase their understanding of how old the universe really…

According to the American Cancer Society, “About half of all men and one-third of all women in the US will develop cancer during their lifetimes.” Though cancer has been a prevalent issue throughout history, it has continued to manifest and remains a one of the top ten causes of death in the United States. It’s hard to walk into a room full of people and find someone who doesn’t at least know someone who has or has had cancer. Cancer itself is very well-known, but a cure for cancer remains…

the solar system farther than the land telescopes and gives us clear pictures of the solar system. Also it is able to get past all the clouds and gas and dust that we can't see past on a land telescope. Lastly the Hubble telescope has helped the astronomers make many great discoveries in its short life span of 26 years it has helped them learn so much about our past and maybe our possible future.…

because of the oval orbit. Pluto has five moons, which are Kerberos, Styx, Nix, Hydra, and Charon. Because of the New Horizons information and pictures this data has helped scientists learn more about Pluto. Pluto was discovered in 1930 by an astronomer Clyde Tombaugh as working in the observatory in Arizona. The name Pluto is based on the Roman god of the underworld it was anticipated by Venetia Burney. According to Pluto Facts, “this is later name for more known…

other, and explode in enormous supernovas. These “supernovas” are known to be the largest explosion in the universe. Throughout the video, we were given so much information about stars and with the help of some cutting-edge computer graphics, astronomers are now able to see so much more now compared to many years ago. Pillars of Creation was brought up, a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula. This is about…