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“Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.” (Greene) The famous astrophysicist and astronomer, Neil Degrasse Tyson, one said these powerful words. To paraphrase, Neil Degrasse Tyson meant is that space exploration is unlike anything else as it compels people to explore, explore the unknown and themselves. (Greene) Ever since I was little, I have always admired outer space with all of its stars and comets and wanted to learn more about it. Due to…

Reading: Cho Se-hui A Little Ball Launched by a Dwarf Cho Se-hui’s A Little Ball Launched by a Dwarf, is a story that in some ways is all about sacrifice and utility. In the eyes of the two sons, they see all the sacrifices their father has made for their family; by working various jobs and becoming physically worn down. They acknowledge their mother’s hard work as well but, it isn’t focused on as much as their father’s sacrifice. The family’s existence in itself seems to be wrapped up in…

I believe that knowing the impermanence of Earth us humans have and extreme obligation to find and explore habitable worlds out side of Earth. Furthermore, impermanence is the decline or depletion of a mental or compounded object(s) during a continuous change in condition. Humans have not only destroyed our home planet we have depleted it to where will will not be about to sustain life in the future. Therefore, I feel that it is really important to find ways to improve our daily lifestyle habits…

Life, comprised of both matter and energy, is a precious gift given to all of us. To show appreciation for life, we should all take part in the gamut of celebrations that encompasses us during our time on earth. Every moment that we spend in happiness, sorrow, victory, or defeat, brings us closer to the end of this life. We, as humans, often do not take the time to realize the circle of life. We instead focus heavily on our next experience of pleasure and happiness, willing our lives to go on…

Stage One - The Chicxulub Impactor Origin Theory and how Asteroids enter the Earth's Atmosphere. Origin Theory The Chicxulub Impactor is an asteroid whose origin is unknown. A theory orchestrated by David Nesvorný, William F. Bottke and David Vokrouhlický however suggests that it is part of the Baptistina family of asteroids which was the result of a collision in the Asteroid Belt 160 million years ago (2). This theory is supported by the evidence of carbonaceous material that is present in…

The Moon is a natural satellite of Earth. Earth only sees one face of the Moon at all times because of the Moon's synchronous rotation. This is due to the fact that the Moon rotates on its axis the same amount of time that it takes to complete an orbit around Earth. The current explanation for the formation of the Moon is called the giant impact hypothesis. Which proposes that an object the size of Mars collided with Earth, blasting Earth's outer layers into space. These layers would…

Introduction Our Sun produces enough energy in one second to sustain life on earth for millions of years. However, there is an energy far more powerful than our Sun that makes it pale in comparison. Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic type of light in the universe and produce more energy in one second than the sun will produce in its ten-billion year lifetime. These dramatically powerful energetic explosions often originate billions of light-years from Earth yet produce a light so…

Audience Analysis Student 1 Lorraine: Lorraine’s native language is Spanish. She has been studying English since kindergarten and has been my student since the beginning of the school year. Lorraine is in the intermediate fluency stage of language development. She is able to read text and relate the context of the reading to the lesson. She does well on critical thinking test questions. Lorraine is able to write brief paragraphs on context. Unfortunately, Lorraine is very shy and when she…

Modeling Periodic Phenomena: The Orbit of Mars Introduction Billions of years old, Mars is the 4th planet from the sun in our solar system and the last of the terrestrial planets before the asteroid belt. The planet neighbors Earth and has seen a plethora of exploration craft from our planet. Mars orbits around the Sun on an ellipse, as dictated by Kepler’s laws (which state that all orbits are ellipses). Mars’ elliptical shape is a lot less circular than Earth, due to its high orbital…

The exoplanet Kepler-47 b was found in 2012 using transit method. It is the inner planet in an arrangement of 2 planets orbiting around Kepler-47system, located in the constellation of Cygnus in 4892 light years from the Sun. [7]. It is the smallest planet of the two present in system. Despite being the smallest circumbinary planet detected to this date, the inner planet, Kepler-47 b still has a radius of 3.0±0.1 Earth radii. In addition, too small to be measured directly, has been determined…