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Tag Archives: planets
It’s All in the Rocks
As many people know, rocks are broken up into three main categories: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. However, the formation processes that govern why one would find a certain type in a certain place is very important to exploration of activity of a terrestrial world. Let’s start with igneous rocks. These are rocks that cool directly […]
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Blog Post #6: Gas Giant Rings
Universe Today Very few people know that Saturn is not the only planet in our solar system that has rings. …
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Planets bigger than Earth beyond Pluto?
Could it be possible that planets larger than the size of Earth lie beyond Pluto? According to researchers, the behavior of far-out celestial bodies far from the sun (such as Sedna and Pluto), seems to suggest so. Such bodies, called “extreme trans-Neptunian objects” (or ETNO’s), should generally have an orbital distance of roughly 150 AU and […]
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The Solar System: An Overview
This year I learned details about the Solar System that I did not even know existed. Before astronomy this year, I did not know about the Kuiper Belt. I thought we only had the Asteroid Belt. I knew that comets and asteroids were different– but I was not sure what the difference was. Now I […]
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“Games without rules have many possible outcomes.” – Andrew Knoll, Harvard
On a slightly more positive note to my other post about my reservations to the search for extraterrestrial life, NASA has recently confirmed that Saturn’s moon, Enceladus has been hiding a Lake Superior-sized ocean. It was discovered using data gathered by the Cassini spacecraft, and while suspicions have been around for a while, it has […]
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What are we even looking for?
So recently we’ve been looking at different planets. Some of the planets that we tend to find most interesting are those that we think could possibly support life. But instead of tackling the life question from an excited human standpoint, I’m looking at it in a slightly wary, totally suspicious one. What are we looking for? […]
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Why did the other planets get cool names but not us?
If you start naming of the planets you will realize that they all have something in common except for one of the planets. That planet is actually our very own Earth. The rest of the planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) are all named after a Greek or Roman God or Goddess. Earth […]
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The “Mars One” Project has 200,000 Applicants
Over 200,000 people have applied for a one way trip to Mars to live out their lives. Does this say …
Posted in Class, Terrestrials
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Nontraditional Planets
We’re learning about the formation of solar systems, however this is something we can’t observe since it happens over such a long period of time. And so to remedy our curiosity we have come up with models.These hypotheses in order to stand have to explain the various phenomena in the solar system while leaving room […]
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Posted in Class, Stars
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What excites me? Mars!!
Well, it’s been a great semester. I loved astronomy going into this class, and I love it even more going out. It definitely made me realize that planetary science is my favorite part of astronomy, and that’s why I’m pursuing the minor! However, I wanted to make this post about what excites me regarding the […]
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