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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 5, 2018 by samssolarsystem

Chosen Astronomer: Johannes Kepler Born: December 27, 1571, at roughly 1pm. Died: November 15, 1630. Historical events: On March 24, 1603, when Kepler was 32, Elizabeth I of England died and was succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland. His ascension of the throne united the crowns of Scotland and England. On March 22, 1622, … Continue reading Historical Astronomers in Context → Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 5, 2018 by samssolarsystem

Chosen Astronomer: Johannes Kepler Born: December 27, 1571, at roughly 1pm. Died: November 15, 1630. Historical events: On March 24, 1603, when Kepler was 32, Elizabeth I of England died and was succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland. His ascension of the throne united the crowns of Scotland and England. On March 22, 1622, … Continue reading Historical Astronomers in Context → Continue reading →

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Johannes Kepler: Historical Figures in Context

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Jeanie Zeng

Who is he? Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630) was a revolutionary in many fields of scientific discoveries including optics and logarithms. He is important to astronomy most notably because of his work with planetary motion. As the first person to develop a set of physically and mathematically sound laws that correctly accounted for … Continue reading Johannes Kepler: Historical Figures in Context → Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Caroline Henning

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a German mathematician and astronomer who established the laws of planetary motion. He worked as Tycho Brahe’s apprentice. Although the two had a strained relationship, Kepler’s ability to find mathematical relationships among data proved the perfect complement to Brahe’s unparalleled observation skills. Through his work with Brahe’s observations, Kepler founded the … Continue reading Historical Astronomers in Context → Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 4, 2018 by haleytopper04

Galileo Galilei: Birth-February 15, 1564 , Death-January 8, 1642 Galileo provided a ton of insight into a lot of scientific concepts that we think of as fact today. In terms of motion, Galilei decided to question what Aristotle believed to be true, that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones. Through his experiments with ramps … Continue reading Historical Astronomers in Context Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on January 30, 2018 by kyleweil

Tycho Brahe (December 14, 1546-October 24, 1601) was the best naked-eye observer of his time. He compiled a comprehensive list of stellar and planetary positions in the sky and noticed that the alignment of Jupiter and Saturn occurred two days after Copernicus had predicted it. He also observed and recorded a supernova. He was able […] Continue reading →

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The Powers of Ten: Very Powerful, Ten/Ten would Recommend

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Jeanie Zeng

It’s always interesting to see the ways in which humans try to conceptualize the the scale of the universe. It’s not an easy task to reconcile such different size and distance scales such as that of quarks and galaxies. In some cases, we use mathematical values to help us formulate a sense of these scales. … Continue reading The Powers of Ten: Very Powerful, Ten/Ten would Recommend → Continue reading →

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What is Astrophysics?

Posted on January 22, 2018 by haleytopper04

I thought I’d start my blog off by talking about what I am most interested in, Astrophysics. While I am a physics major, my passion is astrophysics and studying the life and death of stars. Astrophysics applies the laws of physics and chemistry to explain the birth, life, and death of stars, planets, galaxies and … Continue reading What is Astrophysics? Continue reading →

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First Galaxies Formed Today

Posted on January 22, 2018 by mattbarnhartastro2110

…according to the cosmic calendar. The cosmic calendar is a visualization method to help comprehend the age of the universe. This calendar puts the beginning of the universe at the start of the first of January, and the end of December 31st at our current point in time. In this demonstration model, January 22nd (today!) … Continue reading First Galaxies Formed Today → Continue reading →

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Blog 01: Megamasers

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Caroline Henning

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has recently captured an awe-inspiring picture of a distant “exotic” galaxy, UGC-6093. It is an active, barred galaxy–this means the center, featuring a bar across the illuminated center, hosts an active galactic nucleus. In this center region, matter is sucked into a supermassive black hole, thereby emitting the intense radiation that … Continue reading Blog 01: Megamasers → Continue reading →

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