Gravitational wave

contains millions of stars, gas and dust held together by gravitational attraction. A black hole is a place in space where the gravitational force is immense, making the escape of matter and radiation impossible. An exoplanet is a planet that orbits a star, other than the sun, beyond our solar system. By choosing these targets, I wish to learn about how the first galaxies were formed, why black holes have such a high amount of gravitational attraction, and are there any signs of life on…

Gravitational theory is a theory that states any two particles attract each other with a force that is equal to the product of the two masses. Before Newton, the views on gravity and the motion of the planets, were quite different. Aristotle believed the universe never had a beginning and would never end; he believed it was eternal. Kepler’s view on gravity and motion was that the planets orbited around the sun and orbits faster the closer it becomes to the sun. Galileo believed if something…

energy via waves, using applied conservation of energy principles. Before this class, I have learned about the law of conservation of energy in PHYS221 with Micheal Greiner. We learned that energy is always conserved and the initial energy of the system should be the same as the final energy of the system. In other words the total energy of an isolated system constant if it is non dissipative meaning there are no energy loss. We did not relate this conservation of energy law with waves, but we…

Doppler technique, also known as the wobble method or the radial-velocity method. The influence of a planet’s gravitational pull on its parent star causes the star to wobble slightly, and this wobble influences the waves of light that a telescope can…

are scattered throughout the sky. I incorporated all of these ideas into my painting due to the fact that they present important concepts in regards to physics phenomena. The emission of light waves from the sun includes the visible light spectrum, so the colors are visible to the human eye. When the waves of light pass through the different layers of the Earth’s atmosphere, the beam of light can strike either an oxygen or nitrogen molecule in the air, and cause scattering the happen.…

repeat in the same time period maintaining the same this constant time even with a change in amplitude. A simple pendulum follows this pattern and it is why it has been such an important element in clocks. This can also be applied in different gravitational field strengths as the motion of the pendulum will always take the same time for one oscillation. Although there is a limit to the angle of a simple pendulum on the earth as if the amplitude is too much the pendulum will be slowed down by air…

personnel; virtually anyone subject to physical oceanography is additionally dependent on the monitoring and predictions of ocean waves and tides. Such predictions allow for one to decide when to sail into or out of harbors, where to tie or anchor their vessel, and whether it is safe or not to enter certain areas of the ocean. For recreational purposes, one can refer to wave and tide predictions when visiting tide pools along the coast or when planning out a surfing/fishing trip. The NOAA spends…

full moon will rise at 6:00 PM and reaches it highest point at 12:00 AM, midnight. 2. Astropedia 5.6: During a new or a full moon, the gravitational pull that the moon has on the earth that causes the tides is a bit stronger. The gravitational pull is what increases the chance of an earthquake occurring and this is more likely to occur when the gravitational pull is acting on the tectonic plates, which could cause them to shift or move, which would cause an earthquake. 3. Astropedia…

energy of motion. The kinetic energy of an object is energy that is being used. Potential energy is stored energy that it is not in motion, but has the potential to be in motion. There are other types of potential energy like gravitational, elastic, and chemical. “Gravitational potential energy is the energy stored in an object as the result of its vertical position or height. The energy is stored…

potential to use wave to communicate between stars. And in 1960, the USA astronomer Frank Drake conducted the first hunt for alien life with an 85-foot antenna in West…