Science is an ongoing process because we will never get to explore the whole universe. We haven't even explored all of our own solar system yet, let alone all the other solar systems out there. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is so big that it would take 100,000 years to travel across it, even traveling in light years! NASA hopes to keep searching and finding different things and how big our universe really is as time passes. It can't all just be explored in one day. It is an ongoing process.
Scientific discoveries have really helped us advance in technology and how things work. Over the years, we have gone from communicating with telegraphs regularly all the way to communicating with touch screen iPhones regularly. Another example is cars. Back
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They gave people a new understanding of heredity. They determined that DNA was two chains, of alternating phosphate and sugar groups, twisted around each other. Better known as double helixes, these chains were held together by hydrogen bonds between pairs of organic bases which were adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine.
The name of my constellation is Orion. It is nicknamed Orion the Hunter. Orion was discovered in 1916 by Robert Jonckheere. Orion the Hunter has many bright stars. In fact it is so bright, it can be seen through even one of the smallest telescopes- a 6 inch telescope. According to Greek mythology, Orion’s life ended when he stepped on Scorpius the scorpion. The gods then put him and his dogs in the sky because they felt sorry for him. They also put Scorpius up there too, but on the opposite side of the sky. One star in Orion is Rigel. Another name for this star are Beta Orionis. It is called Beta Orionis even though it is brighter than Alpha Orionis because Alpha Orionis (the star Betelgeuse) was misclassified. Rigel is One of the brightest stars in the sky. It the the 7th brightest. Rigel is a giant blue star. Its surface temperature is about 11,000 Kelvins. That’s one hot
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Mars has a much thinner atmosphere than earth and it is composed of carbon dioxide. Mars is a pretty cold planet most of the time. It can be as low -185 degrees fahrenheit or as high as 75 degrees fahrenheit. The terrain here resembles a desert. Winds blow the red dust up in the air and that is what gives it the red look. There is a lot of things to get prepared for heading up to Mars. Since Mars doesn’t have any oxygen in its atmosphere, you might want to bring with you a space suit and an oxygen tank. It would also be a good idea to bring plenty of food and water because I don’t think that Mars has any grocery stores that you can buy food from. Another good item to take with you might be A radio to communicate with people back on Earth and maybe some entertainment such as a board game or maybe even a book to read. The last but not least thing I would bring is some medicine in case i get sick or injured. I honestly think it would be cool if people could go visit Mars. I would think of it as a risky vacation. There would be so much to see and observe. It would probably be one of the best vacations that I have ever gone on. If we could figure out a way to send normal everyday people up to Mars, that would be a huge accomplishment. Until
Constellations have helped many people for many years. Draco the Dragon is by far the coolest constellation in the sky. The things that make draco the dragon interesting is the facts and myths.
Perseus, the twenty-forth largest constellation, is depicted as a man holding a sword in one hand and the head of Medusa in the other. Ptolemy discovered the constellation during the second century. Measuring 28 degrees in length, it lies in the Northern Hemisphere and can be seen best in December around nine o’clock P.M. It can also be seen in the Southern Hemisphere during the summer from latitudes north of negative thirty-five degrees. (Coder pp. 85 & 87, Fanshawe, Perseus Astronomer, Perseus Champion, Perseus Constellation)
Hadar, also known as Beta Centauri, is the 10th brightest stars (11th as viewed from Earth). Hadar is a blue-white super giant in the constellation Centaurus (Cen). In about 4,000 years, the motion of Alpha Centauri, who’s proper name is Rigel Kentaurus, will carry it close enough to Hadar that they will appear to be a magnificent double star. Because of the distance away from Earth that Alpha and Beta Centauri are (approximately 90 parsecs), they will be an optical double. As they sit today, the two stars look like a pair of eyes, the right one being Hadar and the left being Rigel Kentaurus. These two stars are considered pointer stars. A “pointer star” is a star that points towards the Southern Cross. Some of the Australian aboriginals call this pair “The two men that once were lions”. Other aboriginals consider them to be the twins that created the world.” Hadar is a proper name of unknown meaning, and has been paired with the name "Wezen," the two applied to the two bright stars in Centaurus as well as to stars in Columba, "Wezen” now commonly used for Delta Canis Majoris. Hadar, less often known as Agena (from the "knee" of the Centaur), is quite the magnificent star.
While looking in the sky at night, you try to point out the different constellation you see. Most people know the major constellations, but many do not know about the constellation Delphinus. There are many scientific and literary explanations for the constellation Delphinus.
There are numerous mysteries contained within the Cosmos that have yet to fully be analyzed and appreciated. The unique events that transpire within the Universe everyday are unbelievably remarkable and captivating. Hidden within the immense ocean of stars we see every night lays an even more incredible spectacle in the form of Nebulae. The paragraphs that ensue will delve into the creation of Nebulae, and the many intriguing aspects of the most visually appealing amongst these particular phenomena.
When one looks up into the vast night sky of the northern hemisphere, it is likely they will see the constellations of Perseus, Andromeda, Cassiopeia. As like most other constellations, these figurations of stars tell a story of heroism and myth. In ancient society, the myth taught people to tame their egos, lest they be punished by the gods. The legend was Greek, however, a Roman poet named Publius Ovidius Naso (or Ovid) mentioned the tale in his poem, “Metamorphoses”. The history, the story, and the astronomy all make for an interesting tale.
Capricorn is well known for its several notable stars and its globular cluster Messier 30 (A Guide to the Night Sky 1, Kaler 1,Kornmessser 3, Zimmermann 1). “Also, there are five meteor showers associated with Capricornus: the Alpha Capricornids, the Chi Capricornids, the Sigma Capricornids, the Tau Capricornids, and the Capricorniden Sagittarids” (A Guide to the Night Sky 1). Capricorn is the 40th biggest constellation in our galaxy. It is one of the twelve zodiac constellations. “It is in the elliptic zone, which means it can only be seen during specific months of the year”.
The first question is, why should we go to Mars? What are the advantages of traveling to Mars in the first place? One reason could be that it would help increase life across our universe, (Mars One 2017), Or to have another planet to live on if the Earth dies. Increasing life across our universe would help us spread out our population and prosper as the human race.
While studying the solar system in our eighth grade science class, we were each assigned a constellation to research. The constellation that was assigned to me was Cepheus. In this paper my goal is to explain the myth behind this constellation and describe its features.
Orion’s Belt is home to some of the most famous stars in our sky. Some of the major civilizations, such as the Babylonians, the Egyptians, and even the Greek, have different stories for Orion’s Belt. In Greece, they say the Greek hunter Orion was killed by a Scorpion. Also, in Egypt, Orion’s Belt was a symbol, known to many, of the God-Pharoah Osiris. These are just a few of the legends known to tell the background of Orion’s Belt.
It is a perfect example of an "eclipsing binary" star, which brightens and dims almost as regularly as clockwork. Algol is one of the most popular and well known variable stars in the sky because it can be observed with the unaided eye and it has a relatively short period of less than three days. This means if you go outside every night and make a careful check of it, sooner or later you will see Algol wink at you. Located in the constellation of Perseus, the Hero, Algol has been known as "The Demon Star" since ancient times. Its name comes from the Arabic word al-ghul, which means "female demon.
The Orion Nebula contains one of the brightest star clusters in the night sky. With a magnitude of 4, this nebula is easily visible from the Northern Hemisphere during the winter months. It is surprising, therefore, that this region was not documented until 1610 by a French lawyer named Nicholas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc. On March 4, 1769, Charles Messier inducted the Orion Nebula, M42, into his list of stellar objects. Then, in 1771, Messier released his list of objects for its first publication in Memoires de l’Academie.1
“I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime” was said by Buzz Aldrin, a NASA astronaut. The former American aeronaut from Montclair, New Jersey believes that since Mars does exist, it is waiting to be reached by humans. When this would happen, he says that the human race would “evolve into a two-planet species.” Present day Mars has a lot of canyons, mountains and volcanoes. Even though the surface is Mars is very old, scientists learned about different younger rift valleys, plains, hills and ridges. According to recent reports, there were lakes and rivers, along with an ocean billions of years ago. The low temperatures on the planet cause there to be polar ice caps and frozen water present. Scientists continue to notice several discoveries on the planet that lead them to think there was once life on the planet. Different clues have scientists wanting to find out about even more. Many scientists in the past few centuries have been curious if life on Mars is possible or if it has ever been before.
"We often think of science as something inescapably linked to progress, and of progress as continually marching forward. We assume that there is something inevitable about the increase of knowledge and the benefits this knowledge brings" (Irvine & Russell). Provide humanity with wisdom and speculative enjoyment. This enjoyment of the public is through reading, learning and thinking. But scientists are met with the real research work.
One thing us as humans have never been able to fully understand is astronomy. Always having an unexplained mystery, astronomy also has served as a way to keep time and predict the future. The word “astronomy” is defined as the study of heavenly bodies, meaning anything in the sky such as stars, galaxies, comets, planets, nebulae, and so on. Many people, if not everyone, is amazed by the night sky on a clear, moonless night.