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The 3 Laws that Govern the ENTIRE Universe

Illustration of Newton’s First Law of Motion Have you ever wondered why spaceships do not rely on fuel once they are in outer space or why it is easy to throw a light object far but difficult to throw a heavy object far? At the end of the day, the answers to these questions boil […] Continue reading

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Escape Velocity and Space Exploration

In our generation, space exploration has been an extremely valuable way to learn more about our solar system and our galaxy, the Milky Way. It is astounding that humans have been able to set foot on the moon, and that astronomical research centers have sent probes to a variety of astronomical objects within our galaxy, […] Continue reading

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Isaac Newton (B. December 25, 1642 D. March 20, 1727) was important because he was one of the first people to accurately describe mathematically how planetary motion works. He was able to begin to mathematically describe how gravity works and especia… Continue reading

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Historical astronomers in context

Isaac Newton: Isaac Newton was born in December 1642 and died in March 1727. Newton made important contributions to the study of astronomy. One of Newton’s first accomplishments was the invention of integral calculus, which was an important foundation of mathematics for his astronomical discoveries. Newton’s experiments with prisms and sunlight led to the discovery […] Continue reading

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Astronomy’s Pioneers

Isaac Newton was something truly special – I’ve heard many, in my opinion correctly, claim him to be the most intelligent human that has ever lived. From finding an infinite series to describe the precise digits of pi into infinity, to inventing calculus, to observing the laws of motion and beginning to crack the code […] Continue reading

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Historical Astronomers in Context

I chose to learn more about Isaac Newton! He was born on December 25th, 1642 and died on March 31st, 1727. Isaac Newton discovered the law of universal gravitation that helped explain the force that determines the motion of celestial bodies. Newton established the three laws of motion, the law of inertia, the law of […] Continue reading

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Isaac Newton (January 4, 1643 – March 31, 1727): Isaac Newton was a pivotal figure in astronomy and physics due to his concepts of the laws of motion and universal gravitation. Newton’s laws of universal gravitation, which were formed from his three laws of motion, state that every particle attracts every other particle with a […] Continue reading

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Isaac Newton Isaac Newton’s major life work was his book Principia Mathematica where he detailed his three laws of motion, gravitational law and other astronomical phenomena. He also created Calculus independently of Leibniz. Using his law of gravity, he derived Kepler’s three laws of planetary motion. Historical Events and Figure Scientific Revolution: The Scientific Revolution […] Continue reading

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blog 2: Gravity over time

Isaac Newton originally conceptualized gravity as a mutually attractive force between all objects with mass. Those who came before him, such as Galileo, had performed experiments and attempted to establish increasingly robust understandings of this force, but none quite unified the idea like Newton. The story goes that Newton saw an apple fall from a […] Continue reading

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Newton in Context

The five most important astronomical pioneers which we are studying in this course are Nicholas Copernicus (February 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543), Galileo Galilei (February 15, 1564 to January 8, 1642), Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 to November 15, 1630), Isaac Newton (December 25, 1642 to March 20, 1727) and Tycho Brahe (December 14, […] Continue reading

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