Monthly Archives: April 2015

The Earth With No Moon

Posted on April 2, 2015 by lukegchapman

This video, though it is 8 minutes, is fascinating. Its main focus is what the Earth would be like without the Moon. The most surprising thing I got from this was that humans would probably not exist because they would not be able to withstand the extreme conditions that the Earth would experience without the… Continue reading →

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White Dwarf- A Large Piece of Condensed Diamond

Posted on April 2, 2015 by dungeonastronomy

We have leant in the class that our Sun is going to become a white dwarf at the end of its life. We also already know that the Sun is now fuse hydrogen into helium during its main sequence stage which may last for ten billion years. After the Sun has fused all hydrogen in … Continue reading White Dwarf- A Large Piece of Condensed Diamond → Continue reading →

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The Discovery of Neptune

Posted on April 1, 2015 by dungeonastronomy

The history of the discovery of Neptune was rather dramatic. Neptune is sooooo far away from Earth so it is almost impossible to see it with naked eye, even with low-power telescope. On Dec. 28th, 1612 Galileo became the first one who found Neptune and actually described his discovery in his research draft. However, at … Continue reading The Discovery of Neptune → Continue reading →

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