Planet

Picture you are on Earth 5 billion years into the future. The sun is closing in on Earth and the Earth is burning up. What are you going to do? This is why it is so important to explore space, because humans could go extinct if we don’t find another planet to colonize on before the sun swallows Earth. Also, space has helped us learn about the moon and even Earth. I take the position that we should explore outer space instead of exploring underwater because eventually we will have to evacuate…

In his article Pluto and Us (2015), Charles Krauthammer claims most people on this world believe we are so advanced in the knowledge of science, yet we still have to further our knowledge of space because there are a plethora of knowledge to be learned still, and on occasion to the little knowledge we possess currently of the outer world, we still manage to soar. Krauthammer supports his claims about our little knowledge of the outer world by stating logical information by pointing out that we…

the common knowledge of astronomy was based off the Pythagoras, Aristotle, and the Ptolemaic model. They said the Earth was the center of the universe and everything, including the sun, planets, and the heavenly spheres rotated about its center. Aristotle established the principle that there were only seven planets considered wandering stars: Earth, moon, sun, Venus, Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter. Anything besides these stars were fixed stars. He postulated that the heavenly bodies, or the solar…

4 understanding of the Suns temperatures, in June of 2013, NASA launched the IRIS solar observatory. IRIS, short for Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, was launched to use imaging spectrography on the Sun. NASA’s goal was to determine “how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as it travels through a little-understood region in the sun 's lower atmosphere. This interface region between the Sun 's photosphere and corona powers its dynamic million-degree atmosphere and drives the…

In Packing for Mars, Mary Roach communicates that the most interesting part of space travel is humanity and the complicated obstacles that come with it. Roach’s purpose is to argue that although they present difficult challenges, much can be learned about humanity through space travel. To support this argument, the author compares humanity to machinery and the opinions of scientists to her own, provides anecdotes concerning the humanity of astronauts, and describes the struggles and morality of…

Being the most undiscovered place, besides the ocean, the planets, the stars, the galaxies, the entire universe has been around and will be around for as long as we know it. Everyday, the place we know as “space” continues to astonish astronomers with new findings and new developments as it keeps expanding day by day. After examining several career opportunities, in order to obtain a career in astronomy, one must consider the financial obligations of college, professional growth and finances and…

Recently, a group of amateur astronomers named, “Planet Hunters”, used publicly available data gathered by NASA's Kepler Telescope to search for other planets like Earth. They soon discovered a bizarre planet that had an unusual flickering pattern, meaning something is happening to it that makes it dim then brighten. The abnormal star was said to be located between the constellations, Cygnus and Lyra and was above the Milky Way. In addition, it was named, “KIC 8462852” soon after. Many…

our planet and there was no chance of it missing us? The answer is simple: the world would return to its roots. The people of our planet would be returning to their homes, embracing their families, worshipping their religion, and praying that a greater power would help us. Proposing that the meteorite suddenly changed its course and missed our planet, how would our world join together through the fear of the event and celebrate with joy and peace? In-light of the meteorite missing the planet, a…

Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer, mathematician, translator, artist, and physicist. Nicolaus Copernicus is the first astronomer to discover that earth and the other planets within the solar system all revolve around the sun. As before the discovery, astronomers believed that earth was the center of the solar system and everyone revolved around it. Therefore, based on Nicolaus Copernicus discovery, it has contributed to astronomical history Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer,…

How did we evolve? That is a question no one can answer, even scientists explained this phenomena with just a mere theory. This theory is the process by which living organisms are thought to have developed. Humans are thought to have evolved from apes and apes from fish. Moreover, science cannot prove that we are the only species in the universe, because if you think about it , the universe is infinite and is believed to be 10 billion light years in diameter containing billions of other uknown…