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Blog #10: Accumulation of Astronomy

Posted on April 17, 2013 by hannahladendorf13

  In this article by National Geographic, astronomers have recently discovered a galaxy that is about 13 billion light years away from us that we are now being able to see develop.  This galaxy is very similar to our own … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blog #9: Alien Life?

Posted on April 17, 2013 by hannahladendorf13

  Last year the Discovery Channel started a new show titled, “Curiosity” which examined what it would be like if advanced life, such as aliens, were to attack our Earth.  In this clip, physicist Dr. Michi Kaku discusses what our … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Saturn’s Rings

Posted on April 7, 2013 by hannahladendorf13

     I think I speak for a lot of people (or maybe I don’t) but I honestly thought Saturn’s rings were legit rings, made up of a solid material that didn’t break and rotated around Saturn.   It is amazing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Triton: The Unexpected Volcanic World

Posted on April 7, 2013 by hannahladendorf13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eXac1DGcjM When we think of volcanic activity, we expect molten lava to come out.  However, this video from the Science Channel explains that instead of lava, Triton actually produces nitrogen gas to the atmospheric as well as “moon dust.”   As … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blog #6: Aurora Borealis

Posted on March 16, 2013 by hannahladendorf13

After watching the time lapse videos on the Northern Lights (aka Aurora Borealis) I was fascinated to learn how this occurs.  As you might have picked up from the video, most of the people interviewed weren’t able to answer the questions with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blog #5: A Necessary Truth to Understand

Posted on March 16, 2013 by hannahladendorf13

Regardless of your political opinions, Al Gore raises an interesting and relevant point of our Earth’s increasing climate change and explains why this is occurring in his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.  Al Gore explains how susceptible our atmosphere is to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blog #B4 X-Ray Vision?

Posted on February 14, 2013 by hannahladendorf13

      Above is a photo of the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (NASA IRTF) located in Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawai’i.    The size of the telescope is 3 meters which is a very large viewing field for astronomers to look into … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blog #B3 Emitting and Absorbing Light

Posted on February 13, 2013 by hannahladendorf13

I’m not going to lie, understanding how atoms absorb and emit light is one of the most confusing things to me.   There is just so much involved with the process that its easy for me to get confused on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 3, 2013 by hannahladendorf13

Newton: 1642-1727 Isaac Newton’s discovery of gravity radically changed our perspective of the Earth and our Moon’s orbit.  Although many scientists before Newton had discredited Aristotle’s theory on a geo-centric universe, the understanding of gravity was the cherry on top … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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#B1 Cosmic Calendar

Posted on January 21, 2013 by hannahladendorf13

This video put the extensive history of the universe into perspective. Our history as humans that we take years of education to understand are so minuscule compared to the creation of the universe. In our society, we are so focused … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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