Tag Archives: astro201

The enigma that is the Universe

Posted on January 12, 2014 by asadpabani

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/.a/6a00d8341bf7f753ef019b0045fa58970d-pi It is worth thinking about that we just discovered a galaxy that is 30 billion light years away. 30 billion light years! For those of you not familiar with how light years work, 1 light year is the distance covered by light in one year. So a galaxy 30 billion light years away is so […] Continue reading →

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First Blog Post

Posted on January 11, 2014 by philipapelles

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Me in Texas

Posted on January 10, 2014 by hollyreichert

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Brienzersee, Interlaken

Posted on January 9, 2014 by drewhamilton0

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For my 2014 class…

Posted on January 7, 2014 by drgrundstrom

If you’re in my 2014 Solar System class, please put a comment here showing that you’ve found my blog and that you’re following it :)  Please include your first name and last name initial.  Note that you MUST be logged in to your own WordPress blog when commenting! Also make sure you have bookmarked the […] Continue reading →

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Fusion Propulsion

Posted on May 2, 2013 by kevinm387

Here is an interesting ted talk on fusion propulsion. Fusion propulsion would be just about the only way humans would be able to achieve interstellar space travel. Unfortunately, this possibility is still a long way off, as the speaker Jason Cassibry points out, but the concept is still there. Scientists have long been working on […] Continue reading →

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An out of this world semester…

Posted on May 1, 2013 by sharpew

What a wild ride it has been for me in astronomy 201. I really didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I am not strong in science, I took this course because I needed a credit for MNS and i sounded really interesting, and I didn’t know anyone in the class when it began. […] Continue reading →

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Extremo-cool-creatures

Posted on May 1, 2013 by sharpew

Extreomophiles are mircobes that can survive in ‘extreme’ environments. Our knowledge of these life forms forces us to reconsider the possibility of life on other planets because environments that seem inhospitable to us humans are actually hospitable for these extremophiles. There are several known types of extremophiles: thermophilies that can withstand extremely high temperatures, psychrophiles that can […] Continue reading →

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The Drake Equation, revisited

Posted on April 29, 2013 by astrdylan

The Drake Equation, as we’ve discussed in class in the most recent unit, is a formula intended to project an estimate of how many intelligent societies could exist in the universe. The formula multiplies a series of interdependent variables–the rate of formation of Sun-like stars, the number of planets in a habitable zone per solar … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Earth like Planets

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Elizabeth Merriman

It is interesting to think about the existence of extrasolar planets. Now that we are starting to find a lot of giants, the new thing is finding Earth like planets. Recently, Kepler has found three Earth-like planets. I am anxious … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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