Daily Archives: March 15, 2015

What if Earth stopped spinning?

Posted on March 15, 2015 by agiantchicken

*Warning: rather long documentary!* I’ll sum up the documentary, but suggest you watch if you have time. In essence, a slowing Earth result in an orbit where the length of the day is equal to the entire year. Long exposure to the sun, and long exposure to space at night would result in extreme temperature […] Continue reading →

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The Formation of the Universe

Posted on March 15, 2015 by hbutter13

This video is one of the coolest things I’ve watched in a while. We’ve talked a lot in class about the formation of the universe and while it all seems to make sense, the scale (of both size and time) are not easy to wrap your head around. What makes this video so cool is […] Continue reading →

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The Big Bang Theory

Posted on March 15, 2015 by lukegchapman

I didn’t know much about the Big bang Theory so when I went to do research the Big Bang theory was explained to me very simply. First off the Big Bang happened for three main reasons: the universe was once very hot, the universe is expanding, and the universe used to be very dense. Correct… Continue reading →

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Venus’s Atmosphere

Posted on March 15, 2015 by abbeyrstephens

In my opinion, one of the most interesting things in the readings was the section about Venus and its atmosphere in Chapter 10. What I found so interesting about it was the fact that Venus and Earth are so alike in terms of size and mass, but the difference that distance from the Sun made […] Continue reading →

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The Future of the Sun and What It Means for Earth

Posted on March 15, 2015 by robbyks

Right now, the Sun is about halfway through its main sequence stage. It has always intrigued me how the Sun will evolve once it is past this phase. How will the Sun change? What will happen to Earth and the other planets? In approximately 5.4 billion years, the Sun will have exhausted all of its […] Continue reading →

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A trip to Venus?

Posted on March 15, 2015 by karenagrebenc

video from phys.org It seems like all of the talk in the field of space travel these days has been too focused on a trip to one single location…Mars.  But noticing while studying these past few chapters that Venus is actually a bit closer to Earth than Mars, that brought up a question in my […] Continue reading →

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Could the sun live for over a trillion years?

Posted on March 15, 2015 by agiantchicken

Sun and hydrogen burning: Thinking outside the bubble Yes it can! But not except under unusual circumstances which do not naturally occur in G-type stars as our sun. This is due to the fact that the core is the only part of the sun in which temperatures and pressure are high enough to fuse helium […] Continue reading →

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Blog Post #6: Gas Giant Rings

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Elizabeth D.

Universe Today Very few people know that Saturn is not the only planet in our solar system that has rings. …

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