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In a recent NASA blog post, Kelsi Singer, a researcher at Southwest Research Institute working on NASA’s New Horizons, goes over an interesting discovery made about Pluto: It seems to have a near infinite supply of nitrogen. Pluto is Gassy The most recent images returned by New Horizons shows that Pluto’s surface is mostly composed of nitrogen, just like Earth’s. There is; however, about a 20 percent difference in composition; Earth’s atmosphere is around ~78 percent nitrogen while Pluto’s is…

In the story, All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, takes place in a dystopian life where kids live with their family on planet Venus. This may sound super fun, but on the contrary, it rains and rains and rains and rains. Every seven years the sun shines down on planet Venus for just one hour. Most kids do not remember the sun since they are so young, but Margot is different. She has come over from Earth fairly recently. She grieves the beautiful sun everyday, and this grieving can be observed by…

Ever wonder who discovered that the Sun is in the middle of the solar System? Nicholas Copernicus was a Renaissance scientist. He discovered that the Earth was NOT in the center of the universe, but rather the sun in the middle of the solar system. During Copernicus’s life events; his important influences, discoveries, and the way we use his discoveries are extremely important to us today. Copernicus had important life events that not only changed his life, but changed the world’s future.…

Superman’s laser vision), why was krypton chosen to star as a home planet of the all mighty Superman? This was first referenced in 1938 when Superman was first thought of to be this all powerful being as the story plot changes to where he is normal on Krypton, but because of the air, hence the weight, when Superman was sent to Earth, he gained powers because the gravity was in fact lighter than he is normally used to. Although, the planet is Krypton and holds the features of krypton, kryptonite…

"Martian Chronicles" - a series of stories by Ray Bradbury, related to a single theme and dedicated to expeditions to Mars, the first contact with extraterrestrial civilizations and the development of the alluring red planet, in which people find their shelter and new home. "Martian chronicles" consist of separate stories with often unrelated plots. At first they did not think as continuing each other, Bradbury collected them in one book only on the advice of the publisher after most of them…

aliens that live in a different universe in a diffrent time period but still have the things that are in the human world. Then his father leader of the Zweenies called him on his "Smart TV". "Son, Petunia is in your area and is ready to kill the entire planet". "Dad I wont let that happen", said Silver Bullet and off he went to save the world. Five minutes later, "At least I paid for the bonus of a self installation suit." Vroom Vroom went his car the Gun, Silver Bullets 17.9 Gern, and he went…

Thinking about the universe can be a difficult task for countless amounts of human beings. When you factor in that earth is our home, also that that we have been here since the day we were born; it can be a hassle to explain to an individual that in addition to us there are possibly space inhabitants in the universe. This could possibly be a highly advanced being or maybe a Black Hole. Innumerable amounts of people have grown a phobia of black holes. This can mainly be blamed on the fact that…

In the insignificant existence of humanity, those who possess the scientific brilliance to discover new data as well as the brave audacity to challenge previous theories bring us closer to a true contemplation of the universe. Similarly, throughout the work of scientists, noticeably Nicholas Copernicus and Galilei Galileo, the human understanding of the universe grew from an arrogant system that revolves around Earth into the eloquent heliocentric system we now know to be true today. The…

short story. The story starts of very grey and drey. It's raining, the sun isn't out. Then you find out that the sun only comes out or not at all every seven years for two hours. The main character is sad because she was born on earth and moved to the planet she says she remembers the sun. A kid locks her in a closet and as the sun comes out the kids are playing outside. This shows that even win the sun comes up and the setting is a lot more happy that it still ends up being sad. The story…

Focus Point Two (Possibility of Aliens) Throughout the years there has been much debate on whether or not aliens exist. One of the main things associated with aliens are flying saucers. Some depict the saucers as zooming around the sky at tremendous speeds and performing maneuvers that would be impossible for earthly craft (Nardo 10). “ Before long, citizens in Roswell spotted something in the skies that they could not explain.” (McCaffrey 7). Although people could not explain what they saw,…