Spiral Universe

radiation can escape. Their existence is greatly debated over, and it still has not been determined whether they exist. The second subject is dark matter. Dark matter is a placeholder that cannot be seen. It accounts for 27% of the matter in the universe, but like black holes its existence is uncertain (Harris, W., & Freudenrich, C. 2007, September 4). The third subject is dark energy, which is like dark matter but not quite the same. Dark energy is the name physicists use for whatever substance…

through my search, I came across a dull image that changed the way I thought about our world and the universe as a whole. The picture appeared to be one of stars and was no show-stopper visually, but after a glance at it’s caption, I was breathlessly frozen to the spot. It was called the 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.…

mystifying, alluring pictures of our universe taken by the Hubble telescope. Though an inevitable sense of charm is often the desired outcome of viewing these images, there are some that capture space's vast expanse instead. These pictures require more profundity and patience to reveal their underlying beauty. 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…

matter and not by a misunderstanding on our part on how gravity works outside of our planet. Going forward, the majority of modern research surrounding dark matter discusses what exactly it is. We can observe its significance and its impact on the universe but have no concreate way to measure it. Drs. Lydnden-bell and Gilmore explain that there are three possibilities, “All of it is ordinary(baryonic) matter, all of it is some other kind of (non-baryonic) matter, or some of it is baryonic…

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…

live in a world that does not just hand us all the answers. There is no ‘cheat sheet’ for the secrets of the universe. Each group of ‘truth seekers” has its own beliefs, and “knowledge,” about the actuality of God and an afterlife. This lack of omniscience compounded by all these different beliefs and theories opens the door for numerous “what ifs” about the nature of God and our universe, and the “life” that awaits us after we die. In “Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives”, David Eagleman…

91. How One Finds Humility & Courage TO FORGIVE? • Christ suggested that we must not be ever tired of FORGIVING. Many wonder if that ‘path’ is correct one. Modern Intellectual cannot accept anything at face value. Everything requires logical explanation, which is compatible with ‘Cosmic’ or ‘Natural Laws’. The ‘Reasons’, ‘Why ALWAYS to FORGIVE’ are not exemption. • First major step in right direction is to raise above ‘local’ logic. The ‘local’ logic insists that if someone did the ‘evil’ must…

How viable is time travel? Time; it organizes our lives and universe into an ordered series of moments. At first thought, time is one of the most fundamental aspects of our lives and the world we know. However, time is in fact incredibly subjective; everyone experiences this indefinable concept differently. Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity is based upon the idea of frames of reference. A frame of reference is where an observer is situated. In order to develop a universal concept of time…

Nearly everyone at some point in their life has questioned whether or not there is a God, and there are many arguments as to why or why not God is real, but through observation of the universe one can conclude that due to the patterns that arise and complexity of it all that God does exist. While God’s exact nature cannot be pinned down by these observations, one can get a rough understanding of Him and the level of power He has. In this day and age, having faith is simply not good enough for…

For 13 years, the scientists of LIGO—the most ambitious, and expensive, project in the history of the National Science Foundation—had been waiting. LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, has been twenty-five years and more than half a billion dollars in the making. It involves 900 scientists and engineers, including many whose entire careers have been spent designing, building, and preparing to analyze data streaming in to LIGO. Their goal: To confirm, once and for all,…