Astrophysics

the red planet sooner than we expected. NASA opened for business almost 60 years ago on October 1, 1958. Since then, NASA has relied on the government to fund some of their needs. NASA spent $5.6 billion on Earth science, planetary science, and astrophysics (NASA). $8.4 billion on Human Exploration Operations (NASA). $790 million for aeronautical research and much more (NASA). Only about 4.5% of NASA’s budget is aeronautical research. NASA spends much of its money to help improve our knowledge…

According to the Marshall University course syllabus policy 2.1.10, every syllabus should include a “grid showing the following relationships: how each course student learning outcome will be practiced, and assessed, in the course.” (Marshall University Course Policy). Every student at Marshall University is required to take a first-year seminar (FYS) class. In this class, the course objectives are to encourage inquiry based thinking, information literacy, integrative thinking, intercultural…

WERNHER VON BRAUN Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun, the father of modern rocketry and one of the most important outer space engineers of the 20th century, was born on 23th of March 1912 in Wirsitz (Wyrzysk)(today in Poland). He was a child of a wealthy family from Germany. With their second son, Wernher, Magnus von Braun and Emmy von Quistorp moved to Berlin in 1915. In those years, Wernher von Braun became interested in music and astronomy. And his passion, astronomy, went on for…

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a 59-year-old astrophysicist from New York City, New York. With degrees from Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University in physics, astronomy, and astrophysics, Dr. Tyson is a credible person to speak about the value of space science. Neil has served on two government committees in both 2001 and 2004 under the Bush administration to discuss the future of science and space exploration strategies. Therefore…

XMM Newton:- The XMM-Newton (X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission or High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission) is an orbiting X-ray observatory launched in December 1999 by ESA (European Space Agency). ). XMM-Newton is the biggest satellite ever built in Europe. It is used for the detection of soft portion of the electromagnetic spectrum (100 eV to 12 keV).Using its large collecting area and highly eccentric orbit, it is making long observations of X-ray sources with extremely high sensitivity. It is…

celestial bodies will provide valuable information to all areas of science. Geologists observe the makeup of asteroids and planets, Biologists search for new life, Chemists study new chemical compounds, and Physicists learn about the complexities of astrophysics. Space exploration offers such incredible opportunities for all scientific disciplines that it would be a travesty not to take advantage of them. These scientific advances are one of the most important incentives for continued space…

Dark Matter and Dark Energy Casson VanDervoort Northview High School  Dark energy and dark matter are commonly found to disprove common knowledge in the world of science but still, these two forces are unknown and untapped. Both dark energy and dark matter are commonly referred to as one another but, in fact they’re different. The two are mostly found together but, dark matter may have been found to be linked to primordial black holes. One may ask, “What is dark matter and energy and…

The Importance of Searching for Knowledge in the Universe as Cosmically Insignificant Beings Hundreds or thousands of years ago humans did not know the vastness of our universe and its technological benefits; people thought the earth was flat and did not possess any idea of what lies past the sky. Space inquiry and eventually exploration technologically advance our world over millenniums. Also, the knowledge of existing on a nanoscale planet brought nations and cultures together to…

status. On the other hand, cosmic consciousness would allow these borders separating us to fade away for we are all one and the same. However, cosmic consciousness is not a priority on Earth, and very few are trying to achieve it. According to astrophysics, all the matter existing in the universe today came from a single infinitesimally dense point that expanded after the Big Bang explosion. Although the atoms that make up all matter, including life, are continually being flung further apart…

How Does Temperature (thermal kinetic energy) Affect the Phases of Matter? Observation Can matter be in anything that elements can mix to something different? Why does matter have to have more than 2 elements? What things do not have matter? Why does matter have to have more of, weight, volume or density? Why is there such things called matter? Why is the earth made of matter? How much does matter influence the earth and what it does to help? What is matter? How does…