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Crop Circles, Extraterrestial Communication, and a Response to the Arecibo message

Posted on May 6, 2022 by jschorr21

In 2001, right near the world’s largest radio telescope in England, a strange phenomenon was observed. The crops near the telescope formed into an interesting formation: This formation from above convincingly resembled a face. Scientists were baffled, and what’s even more interesting is what came next. so in 1974, Carl Sagan sent out the Arecibo […] Continue reading →

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Are Wormholes Possible?

Posted on April 17, 2022 by jschorr21

What is a wormhole? A wormhole is a theoretical bridge joining two points in space-time that would create shortcuts for extremely long journeys throughout the universe. Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen back in 1935 came up with the idea and concluded that due to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, wormholes could exist. He concluded that […] Continue reading →

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Fun Facts about Pluto

Posted on April 17, 2022 by jschorr21

Pluto was discovered by the Lowell Observatory in 1930 From then until 2006, it was considered a planet, now it is considered a ‘dwarf planet’ During these 76 years, it only completed 1/3 of its orbit Pluto was named by an 11-year-old girl Pluto is the name of the Roman god governing the underworld Pluto […] Continue reading →

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Where does the speed of light come from?

Posted on March 22, 2022 by jschorr21

It might seem that the definition of the speed of light is simple–light can only physically go as fast as 300,000 km/s. This is true, but there is a lot more that goes into that number, and it doesn’t really have much to do with light. There is a lot more that goes into that […] Continue reading →

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History of our Solar System

Posted on March 21, 2022 by jschorr21

Approx. 13.8 billion years ago, everything we know and love in the universe was formed with The Big Bang. Fast-forwarding 9.2 billion years, we can start to see the formation of our Solar System. 4.6 billion years ago, what we call the Solar System was nothing but a large cloud of debris, gas, and dust […] Continue reading →

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The History of Gravity

Posted on February 19, 2022 by jschorr21

Gravity has been a mystery for most of human history, and it was only recently(about 350 years ago) that the first gravitational theory was published. Gravity was always thought of as a force that brought things to their “natural place.” But when Copernicus came up with his idea for a heliocentric solar system, a theory […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers In Context

Posted on February 10, 2022 by jschorr21

Nicholas Copernicus: Nicholas Copernicus was extremely impactful to the astronomical world and to society as a whole. Up until Copernicus, the world believed that the earth was the ‘center’ of the universe. Copernicus created the Heliocentric model of the Solar System, saying that the Earth revolves around the sun along with other planets. In 1532, […] Continue reading →

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How Big is the Universe?

Posted on January 29, 2022 by jschorr21

The universe is so big that we can’t even begin to comprehend its true size. First, we can look close to home and realize how big even our own Solar System is. The moon is the furthest place humans have voyaged, sitting at about 200,000 miles away. The next planet over(Mars), however, can be up […] Continue reading →

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Jake Schorr First Blog Post

Posted on January 24, 2022 by jschorr21

This is a photo of me playing on the Vanderbilt Club Lacrosse team. We played against Miami Ohio at their home field. Vanderbilt Club Lacrosse Website Continue reading →

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