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    Edwin Hubble Essay

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    Andromeda nebula, or known today as the Andromeda galaxy. Hubble was able to discover several of these Cepheids, along with other objects, .and was able to calculate the distance to them from the Milky-Way. Hubble was able to detect nine other new galaxies. Later, in 1925, Hubble came up with a galaxy classification system, which breaks down, or classifies galaxies. Hubble continued to work with galaxies, discovering the distances of over 20 galaxies from the Milky-Way. Perhaps Hubble’s greatest…

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    Mass Effect: Andromeda is a pretty awesome space exploration game where you play as John Smith from Pocahontas. Today, Bioware released a video showing off different components of the game such as weapons and different skills the player can equip. The video starts off by showing off a more fluid movement in the moment to moment gameplay. We see Ryder swiftly dart into battle using a jetpack, and using the same jetpack to distance herself from enemies. Players can also take the high ground and…

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    Messier Catalog

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    brightest regions found inside the Triangulum Galaxy is the NCG 604. It is about 1,500 light years away, which makes it one of the largest discovered in the Local Group. One of the brightest regions found inside the Triangulum Galaxy is the NCG 604. It is about 1,500 light years away, which makes it one of the largest discovered in the Local Group. It has about 200 blue stars and about 100 times bigger than Orion Nebula, but is the smallest spiral galaxy in the Local Group. It is believed that…

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    multiplayer games were non-existent at this point, so what the tournament consisted of was you trying your best to beat the computer and earning the highest possible score you can achieve. After a man named Walter Day foundation an organization called Twin Galaxies to keep track of video game high scores, it was able to gain sponsorship and eventually the record-breaking high scores were published into the Guinness Book of World Records and eventually the Guinness Book of World Records created…

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    Zaphod Beeblebrox Analysis

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    the lives of their citizens like when the Syrian dictator violated his peoples human rights. Another quote from the book is when it says “Here is what you want to get a lift from a Vogon: forget it. They are one of the most unpleasant races in the galaxy -- not actually evil, but bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They wouldn’t even lift a…

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    In the novel Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy people can expect to encounter poetic vogan, planet creating mice, and even the answer to the universe, life, and everything else. The novel Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams is a very unique book in which it flits from one scene to another with almost no correlation but packed with humor. In Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Arthur is whisked off earth seconds before its destruction. With his alien friend ford meet up with Zaphod…

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    Soccer in Los Angeles has been around since the beginning of the 19th century. Around 2,000 years ago, soccer originated in England and was usually referred to as “football”. Soccer grew in the early 1800’s and became a much popular sport in the 1900’s. In 1902, the Southern California Football League was founded. Los Angeles grew in popularity as soccer became much more of a favorite sport. Soccer Leagues began to grow around the city and some even came from different parts of the world.…

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    The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a comedic story about the life of a man who doesn't know his purpose, Arthur Dent. He lived in a small house atop a hill in the United Kingdom accompanied by his non-human friend, Ford Prefect. Ford, stranded to Earth for 15 years on a quest to complete his book, is Arthur’s best and only friend, and even more importantly, is aware of the imminent destruction of Earth, and has a means of escape. The duo sneaks onto an enemy vogon ship, only to be ejected…

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    novel’s popularity as indicative of its ‘unliterariness’, prompting fervent backlash. Likewise, ‘high’ literature is commonly viewed as inaccessible to the general populous. Nevertheless, Douglas Adams’ acclaimed 1979 novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is an anomalous example wherein critical consensus reflects mainstream judgments. Although academic and popular critics assess the novel via distinct, separate criteria, both agree upon its fundamental literary value. Accordingly, this…

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    Douglas Adams was a great writer, he wrote the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy in 1978 it originated as a radio comedy that was later turned into a five part novel. Douglas also wrote many other books such as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul, he also Co wrote books because a The Meaning Of Life, The Deeper Meaning Of Life, and Last Chance To See. Although he had made a good name for himself through writing books, Douglas did not stop there, he also…

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