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others would follow and build their solutions based on his conclusions. Johannes Kepler, a Lutheran pater, fell into the study of astronomy. A believer of the heliocentric model of Copernicus, discovered the solution was the ellipse. The orbits of the planets around the Sun are ellipses with the Sun at its focus. He recognized the elliptical shape of the orbits,…

to survey completely, and science can never definitively say that we are alone”, (Oppenheimer, 2015). Through the article, the author provided an example of states and countries that use advanced technology to observe and analyze any changing on planets all the times. Additionally, the author mentioned that scientists are…

Mars is said to be completely desolate. No life except for maybe bacteria. There’s no water on mars. There is an atmosphere but it’s very thin, and the soil isn't farm able whatsoever. How would one, even live on a planet like this? The red planet is very far away. The trip alone to get to mars, at the right time of the year, takes at least nine months. Astronauts would have to be stuck in a large vehicle, like, space. That only one of the issues. These astronauts that are in a tiny spacecraft…

of what would really happen in this kind of situation. The main struggle the team faces in the movie, the core of the Earth stopping its rotation, is the first error that goes against what is known through science about the Earth. The core of the planet would not stop, even with advanced technology like the movie tried to declare, the…

mission comfirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the "habitable zone" of a star similar to our own sun. Where there is one there are many and the same could be said for earth like planets as well as advanced civilizations. A theoretical equation named the Drake Equation, created by Frank Drake, has been used to estimate the…

We all experience day and night and every night when the sun goes down, we have a different form of light. The moon orbits the Earth, like the Earth orbits the sun. The moon we see only orbits around Earth. As the moon orbits our planet, we see that the shape of the moon changes throughout each month. This is because the amount of light that the sun that illuminates the moon changes monthly. These are called the phases of the moon. The phases of the moon are the changes in amount of moon…

the ability to fly. X-ray vision, super speed, invulnerability to most attacks, super hearing, and super breath. He is nearly unstoppable. However, Superman does have one weakness, Kryptonite. When exposed to this radioactive element from his home planet, he becomes weak and helpless. Where…

Every Soul a Star is one of the great works written by Wendy Mass, published by Little, Brown and Company. It is entitled, Every Soul a Star because it talks about how the cosmos may change the lives of three different teenagers forever. The title fits the contents of the book because the setting was made under the stars and the main characters were stargazing in the story. There was this total eclipse of the sun, which were waited by thousands of people who love astronomy. Every Soul a Star…

A trip in a spacecraft to a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri would call for thousands of years. What are the limitations of sendign spacecraft to this star? First and foremost, it would take hundreds to thousands of years to even reach this star. Even though Voyager is approcahing…

Going through astronomy is quite fantastic, but one of Astronomies marvelous things is the Zodiac. The Zodiac is a belt around the ecliptic extending 9 degrees surrounding the sun and planets. The Zodiac is made up of 12 constellations that all have meanings. The Zodiac is seen throughout history. The Zodiac first began in ancient Egypt, and then was adopted by the Babylonians where it has been formed to a group of constellations. After this paper is read, more knowledge about the zodiac will…