Third Way

How many things can you see in the night sky? A lot! On a clear night you might see the moon, some planets, and thousands of sparkling stars. You can see even more with a telescope. You might see stars where before you only saw dark space. You might see that many stars look larger than others. You might see that some stars that look white are really red or blue. With bigger and bigger telescopes you can see more and more objects in the sky and you can see those objects in more and more detail.…

Even if there are alien civilizations in other galaxies, there's no way we'll ever gain knowledge of their existence. This is because, everything outside the Local Group is pretty much out of our reach forever, due to the expansion of the universe. So even if we developped incredibly fast spaceships, it would literally take billions of years to reach these places. So, let's focus on the Milky Way. The Milky Way is our home galaxy. It consists of up the four hundred billion stars. That's…

and went to the mountains to seek refuge. Poseidon then sent a dolphin to change her mind, and when the dolphin persuaded her, he rewarded it with a place in the sky. The other myth is a story that tells of Arion, a famous musician who was on his way home to Corinth after winning a lucrative musical competition. However, the sailors that were transporting Arion home were more dazzled by the possibility of money than fine arts as a result, the sailors decided to kill Arion. However, the sailors…

Arthur Miller, author of Death of a Salesman, describes a family that exemplifies a failure of the 1940s. The Loman family ultimately falls to pieces after it is evident their relationships with one another are unhealthy and create more issues. Some readers believe that their crash is a result of insecurity and that things such as expectations are not contributing factors, but one will soon see why other views are more accurate. The demise of the Loman family can be attributed to the pressure…

INTRODUCTION: The topic chosen for this assignment is the Original Creation of the Earth (nebular hypothesis vs. six-day creation). The origin of the earth, the universe, ultimately “creation” itself has long been a highly debated topic. The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on the original creation of the earth from an old-earth secularist view as well as the view from a young-earth creationist’s perspective. Ultimately, the intent is to highlight these opposing views in an attempt to…

spacecraft telescope observatory launched by NASA on March 7th, 2009 with the primary purpose of discovering Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. The observatory named after astronomer Johannes Kepler, is designed to survey our section of the Milky Way in order to discover hundreds of Earth-sized extrasolar planets with livable conditions, to estimate how many stars are found within our galaxy, and create a better understanding of how planetary system’s light years away compare to our own.…

nonjudgmental, he needed time to process the information. Then there was a disturbing image of Booker’s assets swinging free in the breeze, the memory of which he did not wish to recollect ever, and keeping away from the dark-haired officer seemed the easiest way to avoid a repeat performance.…

The star outside your spaceship's windshield is a spectacular sight. HR 5171 A is a fireball 1,300 times larger than the Earth's sun. It's so big that if it were in our sun's position, it would swallow up Earth beneath its 10,000°F surface. To look at it from your spaceship, you have to wear special goggles--this star is almost a million times brighter than our sun. As you watch HR 5171A burn, you notice something strange. An object is peeking over the horizon, growing larger and larger. It's…

Some people usually have a confused look on them whenever they hear the word Parallax. Parallax or image focus adjustment accomplishes two things; focuses the image on the scope and allows the shooter to estimate the distance to the target. The parallax is an adjustment where the focal plane of the rifle scope is offset to the target while looking through the scopes reticle. The parallax is basically an optical illusion needing correction and should not be confused with the focus. Changing a…

The universe is filled with a vast amount of galaxies of various shapes and sizes. A galaxy is defined as a system of millions or billions of stars with gas and dust held together by gravitational attraction. There are several types of galaxy types: elliptical, spiral and irregular. Spiral galaxies are galaxies which usually have a large mass in the middle with arms branching off of it containing stars and star systems (Swinburne University of Technology, n.d.). All of the objects orbiting the…