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Spiral Galaxy

Posted on January 27, 2014 by paanvaannd

We’re used to being the big guys. When we think of something larger than us, we might think of whales or elephants, but we don’t deal with those regularly. We usually think of things like buildings, but we were the ones who built those too. Few people take the time to think about the scale […] Continue reading →

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Neil Armstrong

Posted on January 27, 2014 by karapetros

Admittedly, I had pinned this image on my Pinterest a while back. I think it is so fascinating and really puts the whole scale of our world and the universe into perspective. Neil Armstrong had the insane privilege to view the Earth in a way the no other human, animal, insect has been able to. […] Continue reading →

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Blog Post #1: I’m just a small girl in a HUGE world

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Lauren

It is difficult to even fathom how great the universe is in comparison to our small beings here on earth.  The fact that we are only limited to the observable universe, which means that there is a possibility for mankind to have not even witnessed the extent of the universe is mind blowing.  The fact […] Continue reading →

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2500 light years away

Posted on January 27, 2014 by reidrcreviston

One day this week I was checking a weather website to see what the temperature was for the day and I came across an interesting article.  The article talked about how scientists had found a planet in the star cluster messier 67 that was orbiting a star which they called a “twin Star” to our […] Continue reading →

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The “World” in Which We Live

Posted on January 27, 2014 by joshkip

Throughout the first few weeks of class, what I’ve found to be extraordinarily interesting in the field of astronomy is not so much the scientific discoveries we have come to understand, but rather what these findings can teach us in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Faster than you can say, “3.0 times ten to the eighth meters per second”

Posted on January 27, 2014 by thegarrettnondorf

  photo from here When I was young, I read a biography of Einstein’s life. (If he wasn’t so brilliant, we might know him as Honest Al). In this book, a story was told about young Albert at the ship docks. A worker had Al stand 50 yards away from him and swung a hammer at … Continue reading Faster than you can say, “3.0 times ten to the eighth meters per second” → Continue reading →

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So Big…

Posted on January 27, 2014 by blankster22

Possibly my favorite thing to think about when I look up at the stars is simply how far away they are. Even though I know the measurements we have come up for for several of these stars, the actual distances … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Vast Universe

Posted on January 27, 2014 by eschellhase

The Universe is immense. When we look up into the sky at night we can see about 2000 stars. These stars are all native to the Milky Way Galaxy. Our galaxy in and of itself contains 300 billion stars. If we use a telescope we  see more stars in our own galaxy and  beyond the […] Continue reading →

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The Cosmic Calendar

Posted on January 27, 2014 by mariah0407

Something that caught my attention while reading was the Cosmic Calendar.  It is truly amazing how looking at how the world evolved, from a perspective of a year, can help one’s understanding.  One of the most fascinating things was the evolution of humans.  Early life forms didn’t even come into existence until September 22nd, and […] Continue reading →

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Big big numbers make no sense don’t they?

Posted on January 27, 2014 by ilman

We all know the universe is 13.8 billion years old. But… How long ago was 13.8 billion years ago? How about 65.5 million years ago, when the dinosaurs die out? How long ago was that? Ourselves, being such small creatures with so short a lifespan, how could we comprehend the largeness of such numbers? Well, […] Continue reading →

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