Solar System

NASA says, “If it is eventually decided 1950 DA needs to be diverted, the hundreds of years of warning could allow a method as simple as dusting the surface of the asteroid with chalk or charcoal, or perhaps white glass beads, or sending a solar sail spacecraft that ends by collapsing its reflective sail around the…

My name is NaTasha Palmer and I believe you should keep funding NASA I believe that you should do this because maybe we could get to some plant that is new and we can live on if earth get crowded or maybe find a new life sorace that could be very very useful to us and that could help us survive on a old planet that we can not survive on now and maybe we could find something that cures bad disease. To support my claim in NASA's Shuttle Program cost $209-was it worth it? It say “And shuttle…

Planetary, supernova, dark, and reflective are all types of nebulae that are formed and act differently. The elements found in the planetary nebulae and supernovas. A scientist has found that in the permitted lines of planetary nebulae there are nitrogen ions (Aller). Permitted lines are only found with a high power telescope; this shows that there are more possibilities of other elements within these clouds. The elements that are mostly know in Planetary nebulae are the common “hydrogen,…

Kelsey Palmer Anderson Astronomy October 31, 2014 "Even today, there are moments when what I do seems to me like an improbable, if unusually pleasant dream: to be involved in the exploration of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn; to try to duplicate the steps that led to the origin of life on an Earth very different from the one we know; to land instruments on Mars to search there for life; and perhaps to be engaged in a serious effort to communicate with other intelligent beings, if…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX expedition to colonise Mars will undoubtedly change the world of space exploration forever, no longer will living on another planet be limited to science fiction. This leap forward in the survival of humans as a species comes with it a plethora of ethical issues that surround sending humans to Mars. The most obvious issue at this current point in time is human emigration, which is currently the only perceivable way to colonise Mars within the next 20 years. This poses one very…

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. It is known as the Red Planet. Many scientist and engineers have been trying to get people up to Mars and colonize it. However, we shouldn’t go up to Mars in an attempt to colonize the planet. It would be very time consuming. Along with this, there would be many health issues we would have to solve. Also, a lot of safety concerns are also present. Here is why we shouldn’t go and colonize Mars. If we did go to Mars, it would take humans a really long…

There have been numerous missions into space since the beginning of the 20th century. With the constant evolution of technology, it has become much easier to further our understanding of the universe through the exploration of celestial structures. Particularly astronomers have increasingly become curious with the possibility of life on Mars albeit past or present life. The Mars Exploration Rover mission has been one of the biggest success stories with twin rovers, Spirt and Opportunity landing…

The blue planet…Third rock from the Sun…Spaceship Earth… Big Bang… Creation… There are many ways to describe our home environment, or beliefs about how it came into existence. Whatever description you use, no one can deny that our human interaction with the planet and its dizzying array of inhabitants and ecosystems is unique. Throughout history, humans have asked questions about the earth and our relationship with it. As societies and cultures grow and change, so do the questions, but…

The Denis Villeneuve film Arrival may seem like another sci-fi film where huge random rocks seem to descended from the sidewalks of Heaven and levitate like the angels that kicked them down. However, is much more than just mere imagination; Arrival deals with the idea of what would happen if a different life form met earth and its humans. How could we communicate with Aliens? Communication continues to be one of the biggest problem that humanity faces; no, this is not your 10 o’clock morning…

Last time, we talked a little bit about the houses in astrology and what they mean. (Also, if you go to that link, you’ll find the previous astrology lessons rounded up, as well.) This time, we’re going to go into a bit of a basic overview of the planets and more importantly, why we look at them. I think everyone’s seen the “It’s in the stars” statements or “What do your stars have to say?” And this has become the familiar thing- but, while yes, we do look at certain stars: it’s really all…