Messier 81 also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Due to its proximity to Earth large size and active galactic nucleus] or supermassive black hole), Messier 81 has been studied extensively by professional astronomers. The galaxy's large size and relatively high brightness also make it a popular target for amateur astronomer. Messier 81 was first discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1774.Consequently, the galaxy…
changed the position of the bow and moved it to the back of her head, tied around a ponytail, and in high school, she stopped wearing them all together, but still has the collection and might whip one out on a holiday or spirit day. She is a true Virgo, organized and precise. At home, she expresses a funny and outgoing side but out in public, she shies away from that, in fear of rejection from society. She has lived with loud people in her life and has learned to keep quiet and stay in the back…
A Feminist Take on Gender Empowerment as Portrayed in King Lear The precepts of a male dominated society have been the basis of natural culture and polite society throughout history. Misogynistic values and ideas have been directly mirrored from the time Shakespeare wrote King Lear, which was demonstrated in Elizabethan philosophy and the male dominance of society. As King Lear challenges gender roles it also alludes to an underlying root of sexism in society, wherein Shakespeare portrays a…
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,…
Treatment plan for a cancer patient As a social worker, there are few things that are more traumatic than taking care of and seeing the suffering of a child with a terminal illness. It is even more painful when that disease is cancer, and the young child has to go through the ravages of the illness and treatment. Cancer treatment at this point in the world’s medical evolution is sometimes as brutal on the body as the disease itself. For a child, it hurts and disrupts his or her life. The child…