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Jealousy Is Not the Best Policy In Ray Bradbury’s short story All Summer in a Day there is a girl named Margot, and she is from Earth, her classmates on the other hand, they are from Venus. In the story, Margot's classmates are jealous of her. First, the students are wondering if they will ever see the sun again, because they are on Venus, and on Venus it rains, non-stop, for seven years, but once seven years is done, all the students have “All Summer in a Day, however to Margot this is not a…

Shaula is an Arabic word that mean the stinger, as it the star that makes up the stinger on the constellation along with Lesath. Shaula is a hot subgiant star, but the star seems to be more of a hydrogen fusing dwarf. The estimated age of the star system is about 10-13 million years, and the surface temperature is 23,000. Its apparent magnitude of 1.62 makes it one of the 25 brightest stars in the sky and it’s estimated positon is 17h33.7m, Dec. - 37°06−. Its distance from the earth is about 300…

Not only can similarities be found between architectural structures throughout history, but there is also a correspondence between some pyramids and constellations. For example, the three Pyramids of Giza align perfectly with the three stars of Orion’s belt. Other interesting facts about the Pyramids of Giza include the size of the pyramids, the positions of the pyramids, and the weight of the stones. It was determined that the size the Pyramid of Giza corresponds almost perfectly with the…

John Kovac It’s amazing realizing where I’m sitting. Here I am right beside famous scientist John Kovac here in Wolbach Library at Harvard University. I’m astonished to see this magnificent library and I can feel the knowledge surrounding me. What’s even more impressive is that this library is mainly focused on astrophysics. As we are about to begin the interview John Kovac prepares himself my drinking a bottle of water and laying out a couple of awards he has won. What is your career? Well,…

One disaster could kill us all. In order to ensure that the human race will live on and prosper, Mars needs to be colonized. Mars will be colonized because of the fact that we need a backup because of possible disasters ,the amount of mining for valuable items would help the economy, and the location of mars and the similarities Mars has to Earth. Some peoples views on moving to Mars are not good. One opposing view is that the world is already in debt and by traveling to Mars and building all…

NASA (National Astronautics and Space Administration) isn’t just about exploring space anymore. Now, their technology helps advance our quality of life here on Earth, not just in space. Their knowledge and success is key to help us to continue to strive. However, their studies could be in danger with a lower budget. NASA needs a higher budget in order to continue advancing our quality of life. NASA has what are called spinoffs. A spinoff is a commercialized product that display NASA’s…

Do you know the author of the story “all summer in a day?” He’s he was born in August 22, 1920, and died in June 5, 2012. His name is Ray Bradbury. The story “all summer in a day” is about a girl called Margot moved from earth to Venus,a planet that rain all year. Every 7 years, the sun will came out of the heavy rain. Margot only cares about the sun, because she remembers the sun. She's classmates is jealous that she remembers the sun, and they Locked her in the closet when the sun is going to…

Antiquated Greek Astronomy and Astrology Influences The big ball of fire in the middle of space with smaller versions of itself all around -that can be made into shapes (constellations) when you play connect the dots with them-, surrounding the planet holding the resources to produce life along with a small moon circling the planet as it orbits around the big ball of fire that is made of Hydrogen and Helium. That little planet that can create life was populated and civilization has grown from…

The 5th Wave Review The 5th Wave, written by Rick Yancy, is a dystopian novel with a female heroine that takes the genre to a new level. Many post-apocalyptic books are lead by the fall of government or destruction of the environment. However, this novel involves a more dramatic factor, the extra-terrestrial. Additionally, The 5th Wave, is cleverly written through two different perspectives, one of them being the strong female lead. In the story, alien intruders, called the “others”, send a…

Astronomical Cycles BY LEE YORKE Earth has many cycles that are apart of our everyday lives such as rotation. For example, Every approximately 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.1 seconds Earth makes a full rotation on our planet on its axis, Earths axis is a line we say goes through the middle of the north and south pole. During the day, half of Earth will see daylight and the other side will receive darkness, this is because one side of the planet is facing the sun receiving all the energetic heat and…