Daily Archives: March 7, 2023

The Titius-Bode law

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Rocket Man

Titius Bode’s law is a fascinating concept in astronomy that has been intriguing scientists for centuries. This law is a mathematical relationship between the distances of the planets in our solar system from the Sun. It was first formulated in the 18th century by Johann Daniel Titius and later popularized by Johann Elert Bode. According […] Continue reading →

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The International Space Station

Posted on March 7, 2023 by sahilreddy2

The international space station is a collaboration that unites humanity to pursue the largest frontier, space. The ISS is the largest and most equipped space station humanity has ever had in space and provides opportunities to research exploration of space and how to help people back on earth. The ISS orbits the earth 386 kilometers […] Continue reading →

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The (Possible) Oceans of Europa

Posted on March 7, 2023 by jackdoyle25

Among all of Earth’s unique aspects and characteristics, the presence of water may be the most significant. Water is necessary to life as we know it; from humans ourselves down to microscopic organisms, all living things need water to survive. It is no wonder, then, that life in the Solar System is exclusive to Earth; […] Continue reading →

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The Imaginary Planet

Posted on March 7, 2023 by dromalley

While the five planets visible to the naked eye have been known for almost all of astronomy’s history, it was not until the discovery of Uranus in 1781 by Sir William Herschel that astronomers began searching for other planets in our Solar System. After Neptune was discovered in 1846, astronomers began turning their telescopes towards […] Continue reading →

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“How Stars Shaped Our Bodies and Our Home Planet”

Posted on March 7, 2023 by theyounesadventure

A portion of a nearby galaxy is illuminated in this Hubble Space Telescope image by the remnants of a once-explosive supernova. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/HEIC/Hubble Heritage Team) Nearly every component of our body and the planet we call home was created inside stars. Heavy atoms like carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen are produced from lighter elements like […] Continue reading →

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Time Dilation and the Theory of Relativity

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Europa

With our totally unrestricted guidelines on Blog 4, I would like to make a bit of a deviation from the content of our course and discuss time dilation and the theory of relativity! When I first learned about time dilation, which refers to the difference in elapsed time as measured by different clocks due to […] Continue reading →

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Blog #4 – Evidence for the Existence of Dark Matter

Posted on March 7, 2023 by constellationsarentreal

Dark Matter is a fascinating topic, yet we know so little about it. Regardless, a good amount of evidence exists that indicates dark matter is real. One pertains to the flatness of rotation curves for spiral galaxies at extended distances. The graph does not drop off, but rather, continues in (essentially) a flat rotation curve, […] Continue reading →

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The Other Side of a Black Hole

Posted on March 7, 2023 by alicebyrnes

Based on Einstein’s theory of relativity, black holes have a theoretical opposite know as “white holes”. Rather than it being impossible for matter to exit (as is the case with black holes), it would be impossible for matter to enter a white hole. Physically, it would look very similar to a black hole: the only […] Continue reading →

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Climate Change

Posted on March 7, 2023 by sahilreddy2

CO2 Emissions in Different Continents Climate Change is one of the most important issues that has already affected our lives and one that threatens our future. To get an understanding we need to look back in history to when human’s began to cause a shift in the climate. In the 1800s, humans began the industrial […] Continue reading →

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Blog #3 – Theories For the Sun’s Energy Source

Posted on March 7, 2023 by constellationsarentreal

Many scientific theories attempted to explain the source of the Sun’s energy, and the very first hypothesis involved some explanation pertaining to chemical reactions and gravitational collapse. Chemical burning, however, was ruled since no chemically burning substance like wood or gasoline can account for the Sun’s enormous luminosity. As for gravitational collapse, the conversion of […] Continue reading →

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