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Drafting behind the Millennium Falcon

Posted on April 19, 2015 by jshabazz93

“I’m going to make the jump to light speed…” Are famous words spoken by Han Solo as he and other Rebel Alliance members make the jump to light speed in hopes of outrunning the Empire. In films like Star Wars and Star Trek, we see many instances like the above example where it really is […] Continue reading →

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Harnessing the power of a star

Posted on April 19, 2015 by jshabazz93

Humans have been trying to find an adequate and cost efficient method to achieve nuclear fusion. We have tried such things as cold fusion, but failed due to the fusion process needing extreme amounts of heat or kinetic energy to work. The only place we see this naturally happening is in the core of stars […] Continue reading →

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Forgotten Step-Constellation, Twice Removed

Posted on April 17, 2015 by jshabazz93

There are twelve zodiac signs to correspond with the twelve months of time it takes our Earth to make one full revolution around the sun; each zodiac represents a specific star constellation that the Sun is within as we travel around it. However, there is a thirteenth constellation named Ophiuchus that is not often included. […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on April 15, 2015 by jshabazz93

Tycho Brahe – Born December 14, 1546; Died October 24, 1601 Tycho Brahe was important to astronomy, because he witnessed a supernova and through that he rejected the Aristotelian belief that the celestial realm was unchanging. During the period that Tycho Brahe was alive the Renaissance was going on. This was a period starting in […] Continue reading →

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Hello future me, I am the past you from the present (4th dimension)!

Posted on April 7, 2015 by jshabazz93

Is time travel possible? Would humans be able to discern how to accomplish it even if it was possible? Upon reading the 1884 novel, Flatland, an interesting notion is introduced to the audience. You can only completely see objects one spatial dimension below you, and can only infer the dimension you spatially occupy through the […] Continue reading →

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Armageddon: The End or a New Beginning?

Posted on April 6, 2015 by jshabazz93

Armageddon is a word that generally refers to an end-of-the-world scenario. One of the more common ideas, in regards to Armageddon, is that our end shall come at the hands of an impact from a near-Earth object (comets, asteroids, meteorites) that will create such a disturbance from not only the energy released from the initial impact, but also the […] Continue reading →

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To infinity and beyond (and then back to zero)!

Posted on February 15, 2015 by jshabazz93

The Universe is expanding, and at an ever accelerating rate. What does this mean, though? If we consider the Big Bang theory, then all that ever did, currently does, or ever will exist in our Universe (physical or otherwise) was all held within an infinitesimally small point at the start of existence. So, with the […] Continue reading →

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Things aren’t always as they appear on the surface

Posted on February 14, 2015 by jshabazz93

When one looks at the great expanse of the Universe, they will see a mix of moons, planets, stars, and galaxies, but what about all of the open “space” in between these celestial bodies? Most are familiar with the fabric of space-time, which is best described by general relativity, as it illustrates in a logical […] Continue reading →

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And I thought Texas was big..

Posted on January 24, 2015 by jshabazz93

That photo you’re looking at is the observable universe as we know it; it holds all we know and believe to exist from as large as a star to as small as an electron, from as physical as a touch to as obscure as a thought. The small point on it that says “Local Supercluster” […] Continue reading →

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Intro

Posted on January 14, 2015 by jshabazz93

Hello! My name is Jevaugn Shabazz and I am thrilled to be a part of the Astronomy 201 class! This picture you’re seeing is of me a few years ago when I had dreadlocks. I had them for 10.5 years and they were a huge part of my identity. I cut them right before my […] Continue reading →

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