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First Post!

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Ian Vasquez

My buddy Kian and I under the northern lights back home in Minnesota. What are the northern lights? Published by Continue reading →

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The vast size and scale of the Universe

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Elias Ibrahim

Cosmic Background Radiation Today in this blog post I will describe the size and scale of the universe from my understanding. To start off, light from the sun takes approximately 8 minutes to reach Earth, yet light from the farthest parts of the observable universe would take 13.8 billion years. Keep in mind, counting one […] Continue reading →

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Blog1 – Additional Observation Tools

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Mercedes

People create so many different apps for observation for so many unique purposes such as understanding the scale of the universe, observing the Solar System day or night, and learning mind-blowing facts about space. For my first official blog, I wanted to explore a few other options outside of Stellarium that are available for free […] Continue reading →

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About Myself

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Elias Ibrahim

by me, On Staten Island Ferry in front of Statue of Liberty My name is Elias Ibrahim and I will talk a little about me. I am from Memphis, TN and I am currently a freshman at Vanderbilt University and I also take astro2110 . I am a Jazz studies Major and my primary instrument […] Continue reading →

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Would humans survive without Jupiter?

Posted on April 28, 2024 by katie shapiro

“Our solar system is a cosmic dance of planets, moving together in perfect harmony.”-Unknown At the beginning of this course I understood that the solar system had planets and other objects, such as asteroids and comets, but I believed that they all acted independently of each other, with the exception of gravity. In other words, […] Continue reading →

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Potential for Life on Europa

Posted on April 28, 2024 by katie shapiro

“Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”-Arthur C. Clarke In order for their to be the possibility of life, there needs to be liquid water. That is why life is so successful here on Earth; we have an abundance of liquid water in the […] Continue reading →

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Differences Between the Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt

Posted on April 5, 2024 by katie shapiro

There are as many comets in the sky as fishes in the ocean. -Johannes Kepler Going into this class I knew that comets came from the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud, however, I never put much thought into why comets are in these two areas. For some context, comets are considered “dirty snowballs” because […] Continue reading →

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Titan’s Tremendous Atmosphere and its Striking Similarity to Earth

Posted on April 5, 2024 by katie shapiro

One of the most fascinating things that I have learned from this unit was the diversity that are the jovian moons. Originally, I believed moons to be rocky, non geologically active objects that orbited planets. Although this is the case for some moons, especially the smaller ones, some moons hold very unique characteristics, such as […] Continue reading →

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Solar Flares and their Effect on Earth

Posted on February 29, 2024 by katie shapiro

~”All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them”~ Galileo Galilei In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered sunspots on the sun in our solar system, showing that space was imperfect. However, little was known about these sun spots until the late 19th century. Astronomical researchers discovered that the sunspots […] Continue reading →

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The Cataclysmic Creation of Earth’s Moon

Posted on February 29, 2024 by katie shapiro

~”We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard” ~ John F. Kennedy Earth’s moon is a vital factor for life on our planet, and it plays a major role for tides and tilt. However, the origin of our […] Continue reading →

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