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Historical Astronomers in Context (Galileo Galilei)

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Johann West

Galileo Galilei Born February 15, 1564  Died January 8, 1642  2. Galileo Galilei has been called the father of observational astronomy, modern physics, the scientific method, and modern science itself. He was influential in the field of astronomy due to his contributions which included telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, observation of satellites around …

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Posted on February 8, 2022 by graceward02

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 8, 2022 by sissichen17

Nicholas Copernicus Birth Data: 19 February 1473  Death Data: 24 May 1543 Events During Copernicus’s Lifetime: 1494: Italian Renaissance marked its end when the austere monk Girolamo Savonarola rose power in Florence. 1519: Magellan started to sail around the world and proved that Earth was a circle. He travelled west across Atlantic, and he made […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Irene

Question 1: Nicholas Copernicus: 1473–1543 (Bennett 311)Johannes Kepler: 1571–1630 (Bennett 315)Tycho Brahe: 1546–1601 (Bennett 313)Galileo Galilei: 1564–1642 (Bennett 326)Isaac Newton: 1642-1726 (Thony)Copernicus and Newton didn’t live the same time with others. Copernicus died before everyone (in 1543) and Newton was born after Galileo’s death. Tycho and Kepler lived the same time from 1571 (Kepler’s birth) […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 7, 2022 by jesszhang782

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer who lived from February 15, 1564, to January 8, 1642. He made significant contributions to the field through his telescopic observations. Galileo learned of telescopes, a newly invented device at the time, and … Continue reading →

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The Gravitas of Sir Isaac Newton

Posted on February 6, 2022 by parallaxHubble

The astronomer that I am choosing to write about is Sir Isaac Newton. Newton was an important astronomer, mathematician, and physicist and perhaps one of the most important contributors to our current understanding of the solar system and universe today who lived from January 4, 1643 to March 31, 1727. Most notably, his discovery ofContinue reading “The Gravitas of Sir Isaac Newton” Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Lindsey

Nicholas Copernicus was incredibly important to astronomy because he first proposed a model of the universe in which the Sun was at the center and that Earth orbited it (heliocentric model). This was incredibly controversial during his time because most people believed the Earth was at the center of the universe and everything else orbited […] Continue reading →

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Eclipses of the Past

Posted on January 29, 2022 by isaiandrade01

Due to advancements in technology, we can easily explain the scientific reasoning behind astronomical events such as lunar and solar eclipses. We understand solar eclipses occur in the new moon phase when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, appearing to cover the Sun and cast its shadow on the Earth. The opposite is […] Continue reading →

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Space Exploration: History, Ethics, and Potentially-Conflicting Interests

Posted on May 4, 2021 by rightascensionanddeclinolan

But why, some say the Moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountian [sic]? Why – 35 years ago – why fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the Moon, we choose to go to the Moon in this decadeContinue reading “Space Exploration: History, Ethics, and Potentially-Conflicting Interests” Continue reading →

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Extraterrestrial Existence

Posted on May 4, 2021 by allyworthington

Shouldn’t Earth have been visited by extraterrestrials already? Enrico Fermi, a physicist from Italy, asked the same question in 1950 and sparked a wonderful conversation in the field of astronomy and astrobiology. In 1975, Michael Hart published “An Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth,” noting that the lack of intelligent life from the … Continue reading Extraterrestrial Existence → Continue reading →

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