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Virgin Galactic

Posted on February 18, 2013 by indianwm

Sir Richard Branson of Virgin records, Virgin mobile, and many other large companies has brought the dream of space travel to civilians. Finally, non-astronauts are able to roam through space and experience what very few have. This trip, however, is quite expensive and will not be able to be experienced by everyone. The starting price […] Continue reading →

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The Hubble Telescope

Posted on February 18, 2013 by williamcpower

After reading about the power of different telescopes, I became interested in learning more about the famous Hubble Telescope. I found a video that explains some of the telescope’s mechanics and I think it’s worth the watch. What is really fascinating is the sensitivity the Hubble Telescope has. It can detect a candle from Tokyo from […] Continue reading →

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Navigation by the Stars

Posted on February 18, 2013 by jhughes216

History Before the time of GPS devices, navigation apps, and even before the Earth was known to be round, humans were using the heavens to find their way around this hardly discovered planet. While land navigation could be made fairly easy by dead reckoning and using landmarks, this technique became infinitely more difficult once humans began […] Continue reading →

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The Hubble Telescope

Posted on February 17, 2013 by indianwm

The Hubble Telescope has been one of the most beneficial tools for discoveries and research since the beginning of the study of astronomy. When the Hubble Telescope was launched in 1990, it was sent 353 miles above earths surface where it would orbit earth at an incredible speed. The telescope orbits earth every 97 minutes. […] Continue reading →

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The European Extremely Large Telescope

Posted on February 17, 2013 by charlesbcochran

Telescopes are essential for astronomy to progress, as the only information available for this science is the light that the universe provides us. Naturally, it makes sense that being able to see the light from objects as clearly as possible … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Destination: Black Hole

Posted on February 17, 2013 by ibrahim2016

I like black holes. I like them a lot. They are in the top ten of my bucket list of destinations if I live for a thousand years. Black holes in popular culture are notorious for being very dark objects. I will try enlighten the readers about their shady origins, and hope that people see […] Continue reading →

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Wormholes – Science Fiction May Be Real

Posted on February 16, 2013 by surujdeka

We’ve all seen numerous movies or TV shows with spaceships travelling through what is called a wormhole to emerge on the other side into an alternate universe. Although the idea of these cosmological shortcuts may seem wholly exaggerated, they might actually solve many of the mysteries concerning black holes. For instance, the idea of black […] Continue reading →

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Gamma Ray Bursts – the Big Bang’s nephews

Posted on February 16, 2013 by surujdeka

Gamma rays are light waves with the highest energy and frequency as compared to all other types of light waves. Although they come from different types of astronomical objects, the most mysterious are the ones that come from gamma-ray bursts. A gamma-ray burst or GRB is “an intense flash of gamma rays, lasting anywhere from […] 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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The Art of Spectroscopy

Posted on February 13, 2013 by staunesm

To talk about spectroscopy, we first need to talk about its origins.  Spectroscopy was first discovered in the late 17th century by the late and great Sir Isaac Newton.  Although only the bare bones, Newton founded the idea that refracting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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