Mars Blackmon

Blindsight is a science fiction novel that takes place in the year 2082. This novel is about a group of astronauts' part of a ship called Theseus, that set out to explore the solar system due to radio signal the received from outer space. During the exploration Theseus makes contact with a vessel called Rorschach that contains an alien life, after the crew of Theseus communicates with this peculiar life they come to realize how evil yet intelligent they are and what they are capable of. This…

In the realm of television characters having grand adventures while navigating outer space have captivated audiences for decades. Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969) certainly help birth one of sci-fi’s most memorable franchises and gave a name to fandom which would also start a standard for fans of anything and everything. Firefly (2002-2003) debuted on television screens many years later as a sci-fi offering that also mingled with facets of the Western genre. Both Star Trek and Firefly…

1. How is the Moon dependent on the Sun? The Moon is dependent on the Sun for its different lunar phases. Although these phases may not be essential to the existence of the Moon, they would not occur without the Sun. Neither a lunar nor a solar eclipses would be possible without the Sun, again. Also, although this is not a direct dependence upon the Sun, if the Sun did not give the Earth an object to orbit, the Moon may never have fallen into orbit with the Earth. 2. How are seasons created?…

Uranus, the ice giant, is the seventh planet from the sun at a distance of about 2.9 billion km away. It has hydrogen and helium upper layer like the other gas giants, Uranus also has an icy mantle which surrounds its rock and iron core. The upper crystals give Uranus its distinctive pale blue color. . Uranus has the largest tilt of any planet in our solar system and spins on its side. It 20 year long seasons because of its unusual orientation, the planet experiences extreme variations in…

as the name of the former. These two gods followed their father Ares, the Greek god of war, into the fields of battle, inflicliting terror on their opponents. It must be noted that Ares was named Mars in the Roman mythology, this being the reason why the two moons that followed the planet we 've named Mars are aptly called by the names of the sons that followed this god of…

the planet. Earth, for example, has a very strong magnetic field as a result of a multitude of factors. Mars on the other hand does not have a strong magnetic field protecting it from the solar winds. It is believed that Ancient Mars had rivers and lakes, however it died billions of years ago after the bombardment of solar winds eventually depleted the atmosphere to create the version of mars that we know of today. Solar wind is a stream of energized particles that flow out of the sun throughout…

composed of gases, as assumed from its name. Terrestrial planets are also known for their solid surfaces made out of rocks or metals with a massive metal core. Only four known planets fit this description in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Interestingly enough, these four terrestrial planets are the planets closest to the sun. Although these four planets are in the category…

Recent revelations in the news over NASA finding “liquid” water on Mars has gotten many people excited about the possibility of sending humans to live on the planet, without much insight into the actual reasons why that idea is still not currently feasible. A planet must have much more than just water in order to be a habitable place, and these factors are often overlooked, in fact the same factors affecting the water supply on Mars are also the factors that factors behind the other reasons it…

Where No Man Has Gone Before “Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying” (A.C. Clarke, n.d.) Since the discovery of the greater universe, mankind has looked to the stars and wondered whether or not other forms of intelligent life were among them. Some say that humanity is alone in the cold void of outer space, claiming that other civilizations would have found Earth by now had they existed in the first place. Others believe that…

In Edgar Rice Burroughs’s story, “Under the Moons of Mars,” there are many instances of both fantasy and science fiction. When the narrator is describing things, he talks in a very scientific way. When describing a creature from Mars, he tells the reader, “the feet themselves were heavily padded… (which) is a characteristic feature of the fauna of Mars” (151). This is the way a scientist would talk about an animal, not the way a layperson tells someone about what they saw. The narrator also…