Dark energy

The universe today is huge. Scientists and Astronomers are finding new galaxies, planets asteroids, and more. But today, that's not what we are going to talk about. We’re going to talk about galaxies. Have you ever wondered what a galaxy really is? In the early 1900s, astronomers . Astronomers argued about spiral shaped, gas, dust were getting closer to discovering galaxiessome star vast cloud found in the night sky. In 1919, Edwin Hubble, an astronomer found the answers. Hubble used his…

Christopher Nolan has arguably created the best Batman film. The Batman in The Dark Knight has taken the approach of a more vigilante role with ambiguous morals. The definition of a vigilante is member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement into their own community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate. By the definition above Batman is a vigilante because he is a self-appointed citizen of Gotham City who took law…

Fear, why do we like it? Dr. Kerr states that our bodies react to scary things by releasing dopamine, boosting self-confidence. Since 2005, the amount of money spent on Halloween has doubled to 7.5 billion dollars. What is the reason for this sudden increase in spending? According to Allegra Rango’s interview Dr. Kerr, “a scare specialist” discusses the dopamine is released into the brain and produce a natural high. Dr. Kerr is an expert in the field of fear, she talks about how the mind works…

Dark matter is matter that cannot be directly seen because it does not interact with light. This mysterious matter makes up the majority of mass in a galaxy. Although we cannot see dark matter we know that it is out there because we can see it effecting the motion of the stars in a galaxy and gravitational lensing. The first piece of evidence for dark matter is in the way we have observed galaxies moving. You would likely expect their behavior to replicate that of the Sun and the planets, with…

Thesis: “Is the Dark Ages’ an appropriate term to describe the Middle Ages? The “Dark Ages” sounds like the title of a deep, dark, despairing, and desolate period of time, with gray, grim skies and little beauty. However, the “Dark Ages” is not really an appropriate term to describe the Middle Ages. Many people who hear the term “Dark Ages” often believe that this refers to a period of history that was essentially a very dark and intellectually depressed period. The term portrays a very grim…

The final trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice may have shown that the Dark Knight can hold his own against the Man of Steel, but it also hinted on a brief flirtation between Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) and Diana Prince (Gal Gadot). So is there any possibility that Batman and Wonder Woman will start a romance in the film? Affleck recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about how Batman reacts after realizing that Wonder Woman is a powerful being. “It inspires in him the idea that well, if…

Gothic Literature’s Evolution Gothicism is a genre of literature that uses different elements that are seen as dark and evil. But, the genre has evolved since its first introduction as a dark and evil style to the present mysterious style. Many of the elements that gothic stories include use malicious acts, while others can show the unknown or supernatural side of literature. The style is not for all writers, however those able to express their gothic stories clearly went on to become some of…

Batman's hobby of crime stopping in tights has come to attract various kinds of villains but there is one who has truly made a name for himself. His name is the Joker and he is best known as Batman's nemesis. According to ("Joker comics "), Joker became who he was after he joined the mob in a attempt to support his pregnant wife. He is later pursued by Batman which causes him to jump into a chemical vat to elude the Batman but the mental strain of coming out of the vat disfigured and learning…

In the excerpt, “Let There be Dark” the author, Paul Bogard, clearly states his viewpoint that [darkness is an irreplaceable value]. Bogard uses real world examples, rhetorical questioning as well as figurative diction to stress to his audience his strong belief that natural darkness should be preserved. Towards the middle of the excerpt, Bogard includes a rhetorical question that persuades his readers to also value darkness as much as he does. “In a world awash with electric light...how…

“Once a man has seen society's black underbelly, he can never turn his back on it. Never pretend, like you do, that it doesn't exist.” This quote, by the character Rorschach from the movie Watchmen, serves to highlight what the character’s ethical values are. Movies are a useful tool in teaching and personifying ethical ideals in a way that reaches a wide variety of people. The 2009 movie Watchmen is a near perfect example of this as the main characters are personifications of several ethical…