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Introduction

Hi all! My name is Adriana and I am so excited to share some of my favorite astronomy findings with you all this semester! I promise I’ll try not to just excitedly yell about them. I am a senior majoring in Communication Studies and as you can probably guess from my image, I am a […] Continue reading

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Introductory Post

This is my test post to see if this actually if going to work.  This is my hyperlink: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/astro201solarsys/ Continue reading

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Introduction

Hey everyone! My name is Rachel Koh, and I am a physics and computer science major from Malaysia. This is my first astronomy class, and I’m excited to learn about our solar system with Dr. G and all my classmates! The solar system was my introduction to astronomy (and astrophysics) as a kid, and I […] Continue reading

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Introductory Post

This is a picture of my hometown Annapolis, Maryland!  Continue reading

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Overview

BBC Sky at Night Magazine The incomprehensible scale of the universe is intimidating to most people. Forget feeling insignificant or small on Earth as one person out of 8 billion. That’s nowhere near how it feels to realize that when the scope of the universe is concerned, Earth and humanity are much, much less than […] Continue reading

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The Apollo 11 Quarantine

When Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins returned from space after the Apollo 11 moon landing, they were immediately placed into a quarantine. This was the first manned mission to the moon, and the scientists weren’t sure if there would be any dangerous particles on the moon that the astronauts might bring back to […] Continue reading

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some final thoughts

When I started this class, I didn’t expect to find so many connections between astronomy and they other subjects I’m interested in! I am majoring in philosophy and political science, subjects that I believed to be totally independent from the physics and history of our universe. Thankfully, I was very wrong! I still am shocked […] Continue reading

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The Cosmic Microwave Background

One of the pillars that the Big Bang Theory Model rests on is the existence and characteristics of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The CMB is an observed cosmic glow of radiation seen everywhere, filling the universe like a sea. Roughly 380,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled enough (~3,000K) for free-roaming electrons […] Continue reading

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Bog 5 – Chelyabinsk Meteor

A relatively recent and frightening meteoric event occurred in the quaint city of Chelyabinsk in Russia on February 15, 2013. This incident is rather interesting since damage caused by the meteor was not due to impact, but rather violent shockwaves produced by the airborne-meteor’s explosion over the city. The explosion occurred when the meteor, roughly […] Continue reading

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