Spiral galaxy

Netflix’s popular series, Stranger Things, features Will Byers, an ordinary kid who gets sucked into an alternate dimension, a different world where everything is wrong, called the upside-down. When faced with the reality that Will has been sucked into an alternate dimension, Will’s friends go immediately to their science teacher, Mr. Clarke, for answers. He explains that the shortest distance between two points isn’t always a straight line by sticking a pen through a paper, and theorizes that…

the planet? The possible outcomes are endless. The Firefly Galaxy is a spiral galaxy far from the Milky Way Galaxy that contains a solar system, the Phoenix Solar System, favorable for life. In the Phoenix Solar System is the planet Bibea. Bibea is able to sustain life because of its placement in the universe, the conditions on the planet, and how it was formed. Firefly Galaxy is very similar to the Milky Way in that it is a spiral galaxy, contains two major arms, two minor arms, and two spurs,…

“American Scientists.” His citation says, “Often called a "pioneer of the distant stars," astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) played a pivotal role in deciphering the vast and complex nature of the universe. His meticulous studies of spiral nebulae proved the existence of galaxies other than our own Milky Way. Had he not died suddenly in 1953, Hubble would have won that year's Nobel Prize in…

It was in 1922 that the modern-day constellations were recognized by the International Astronomical Union(IAU), and in 1930, Belgian astronomer Eugene Delporte defined the borders of the 88 official constellations, a leap from a simple informal representation and interpretation of the heavens based on the shapes made by their star patterns. Constellations are much more than exquisite astronomical images in the sky. They have different meaning in different cultures, tell amazing stories, and…

his research, Hubble was able to estimate that Andromeda Nebula thought as a spiral at the time was nearly 900,000 light years away from us, thus it had to be its own galaxy. Andromeda Nebula was later proven to be nearly 2.48 million light years. The Andromeda Nebula was later renamed the Andromeda Galaxy. In the early 1920s, Edwin began conducting new research, along with fellow friend Milton Humason, on the galaxies' spectral and distances, particularly looking at their connection with the…

so forth. In nature we can observe a form called the Fibonacci spiral, which is a series of connected circles drawn inside an array of squares with Fibonacci numbers for dimensions. The squares fit perfectly together because of the nature of the sequence, where the next number is equal to the sum of the two before it. For instance, the seed pods on a pine cone are arranged in a spiral pattern. Each cone consists of a pair of spirals, spiraling upwards in opposite directions. The number of steps…

using only a compass, protractor, and ruler. Using these tools he makes lines, spirals, and helixes that come together to make a completed three dimensional drawing. Rafael Araujo was born in 1957 in Caracas, Venezuela. Araujo attend Simon Bolivar University. He had gone…

Dark matter. One of the greatest, most mysterious discoveries in the history of science was unearthed by Vera Rubin in 1978. The galactic spearhead of the 50’s, Vera Rubin is a marvelous American woman because of her discoveries in the area of dark matter, galactic rotation curves, and her work in gender equality. Vera Cooper Rubin was born on July 23, 1928 in Philadelphia. Vera’s father, Philip Cooper, was an electrical engineer. Her mother, Rose Applebaum, worked for Bell Telephone Company…

The Hubble Deep Field is one of these pictures. Its hundreds of scattered blobs of light appear drab at first glance because they show none of the wispy spirals or vivid colors one would expect when viewing a galaxy. Rather, the Hubble Deep Field acquires its superiority through explanation. Each speck of light seen in this image is a galaxy more rich and more immense than any stretch of land any human could ever imagine. This image is to what I owe my fascination with the universe itself, but…

Hubble Ultra Deep Field. It’s hundreds of scattered light blobs appeared drab at first glance because the wispy spirals or vivid colors one would expect when viewing a galaxy were no where to be found. Instead, this picture acquired its superiority through explanation; that was part of the reason I fell so in love with it. Each speck of light, large or insignificantly small, was a galaxy richer and more immense than any stretch of land any human (let alone, a young girl) could ever begin to…