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A Human Perspective of the Cosmic Calendar

In this blog post, I will be discussing the advent of the Cosmic Calendar. Astrophysicists developed the Cosmic Calendar as …

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We Are the Universe

When we look up at the night sky or try to count the number of galaxies we think might exist – a …

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And I thought Texas was big..

That photo you’re looking at is the observable universe as we know it; it holds all we know and believe to exist from as large as a star to as small as an electron, from as physical as a touch to as obscure as a thought. The small point on it that says “Local Supercluster” […] Continue reading

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Introduction

Hey here, I am Kewei Xu. I am an Electrical Engineering Major with a Computer Science Minor. I   I sometimes forget to do assignments like this one. Did you read the previous sentence as “I sometimes” or “I I sometimes”? Continue reading

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Hubble revisit the “Pillars of Creation”

Hubble has captured a new visible-light image of the famous “Pillars of Creation.” after nearly 20 years later.
Photo:left: NASA/ESA/STScI/J. Hester and P. Scowen (Arizona State University); right: NASA/ESA/The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI… Continue reading

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Hubble revisit the “Pillars of Creation”

Hubble has captured a new visible-light image of the famous “Pillars of Creation.” after nearly 20 years later.
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Victory

This is a picture of me drinking chocolate milk at the top of Riley Peak in Conifer, Colorado. The picture was taken over spring break this past year. My friends and I had visited the original Chipotle the day before and I had bought two chocolate milk juice boxes and only drank one at lunch. […] Continue reading

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Astronomy 201 First Post!

This picture is my favourite I’ve ever taken. It was taken on a walk back from class one day last semester. I remember being really tired and overwhelmed with classes, then I looked up at the sky and saw how beautiful it was. My mood turned around without warning as I snapped a picture and […] Continue reading

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Stars: Fact or Fiction?

  What even are stars? Massive balls of gas suspended unbelievable amounts of distance away? Fireflies that are really far away? Or perhaps the spirits of my ancestors? WHO KNOWS. Continue reading

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