cocoon - Adams State University
... 3) What element makes up the majority of the material in interstellar space? (And the whole universe, for that matter!) ...
... 3) What element makes up the majority of the material in interstellar space? (And the whole universe, for that matter!) ...
Slide 1 - Hoover12
... • This image is a quick look at the sky through the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC). • The 5’ x 5’ image was taken in a low Galactic latitude region in the constellation Perseus. It results from 100 seconds of exposure time with the short-wavelength (3.6 micron) array. ...
... • This image is a quick look at the sky through the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC). • The 5’ x 5’ image was taken in a low Galactic latitude region in the constellation Perseus. It results from 100 seconds of exposure time with the short-wavelength (3.6 micron) array. ...
Galaxy Zoo: Pre and post‐workshop information
... clouds of bright gas) through a 100” reflector (telescope with a mirror) on Mt Wilson in the US. He took a photo of Andromeda (which can be seen on a clear night with the naked eye). Hubble grouped these galaxies according to similar characteristics. The Galaxy Zoo project (www.galaxyzoo.org) is an ...
... clouds of bright gas) through a 100” reflector (telescope with a mirror) on Mt Wilson in the US. He took a photo of Andromeda (which can be seen on a clear night with the naked eye). Hubble grouped these galaxies according to similar characteristics. The Galaxy Zoo project (www.galaxyzoo.org) is an ...
File - Prairie Science
... space. Because we detect pulses of radio waves every time a beam sweeps by earth, these stars are called pulsars. ...
... space. Because we detect pulses of radio waves every time a beam sweeps by earth, these stars are called pulsars. ...
Study Guide – Midterm 3
... field. • “Precession” (gradual change in direction of major axis) of orbit of ...
... field. • “Precession” (gradual change in direction of major axis) of orbit of ...
Glossary - CW Perry School
... The distance of a point on the Earth's surface north or south of the equator, measured in degrees. For example, Edmonton's latitude is 53.5° North. The latitude of the Canada - USA border in western Canada is 49° North. ...
... The distance of a point on the Earth's surface north or south of the equator, measured in degrees. For example, Edmonton's latitude is 53.5° North. The latitude of the Canada - USA border in western Canada is 49° North. ...
Review
... 1) Observation and explanation of observations that can be made without telescopes The changing seasons, shadows of the Sun The changing shape and location of the Moon The changing position of planets and stars (using the star chart) 2) Objects in the Solar system Types of planets – characte ...
... 1) Observation and explanation of observations that can be made without telescopes The changing seasons, shadows of the Sun The changing shape and location of the Moon The changing position of planets and stars (using the star chart) 2) Objects in the Solar system Types of planets – characte ...
Planeterella 02 - QUB Astrophysics Research Centre
... The Sun throws off a constant stream of diffuse plasma (a gas of free electrons, protons, and positive ions) from its outer atmosphere, the corona. Known as the solar wind, it is emitted in all directions but varies greatly in density, particle energy, and speed depending on coronal conditions. At t ...
... The Sun throws off a constant stream of diffuse plasma (a gas of free electrons, protons, and positive ions) from its outer atmosphere, the corona. Known as the solar wind, it is emitted in all directions but varies greatly in density, particle energy, and speed depending on coronal conditions. At t ...
What You Need to Know About Creation
... What are we to believe? The answer is, of course, that all three persons in the Trinity had a part. As an illustration let us consider an important executive who determines to build a spacious and expensive home. He, thus, employs an architect to design the necessary plans for this home. The archite ...
... What are we to believe? The answer is, of course, that all three persons in the Trinity had a part. As an illustration let us consider an important executive who determines to build a spacious and expensive home. He, thus, employs an architect to design the necessary plans for this home. The archite ...
Earth from Space
... • Wyoming’s Bighorn medicine wheel, an arrangement of stones built several hundred years ago by the Plains Indians, aligns with the solstice sunrise and sunset, and was the site of that culture’s annual ...
... • Wyoming’s Bighorn medicine wheel, an arrangement of stones built several hundred years ago by the Plains Indians, aligns with the solstice sunrise and sunset, and was the site of that culture’s annual ...
Our Sun Produces Bizarre Radiation Bursts—Now NASA Knows Why
... activity. By Alexandra E. Petri PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 14, 2017 For the first time, NASA telescopes have worked in tandem to watch blasts of high-energy radiation triggered by activity on the far side of the sun. The achievement will help scientists better understand eruptions of solar material that, wh ...
... activity. By Alexandra E. Petri PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 14, 2017 For the first time, NASA telescopes have worked in tandem to watch blasts of high-energy radiation triggered by activity on the far side of the sun. The achievement will help scientists better understand eruptions of solar material that, wh ...
Seating Chart for Final Exam PHOTO ID REQUIRED! SIT IN YOUR ASSIGNED ROW!
... Slide 8: We don’t have a clue what Dark Energy really is. Inflation is a sudden increase in R(t), by factor 1030 in only 10-36 seconds… which is a whole lot of expansion of universe in a very small time. Unclear whether it actually happened. Slide 9: Curve 4 question answered above. CMB is leftover ...
... Slide 8: We don’t have a clue what Dark Energy really is. Inflation is a sudden increase in R(t), by factor 1030 in only 10-36 seconds… which is a whole lot of expansion of universe in a very small time. Unclear whether it actually happened. Slide 9: Curve 4 question answered above. CMB is leftover ...
Unit 5
... Earth revolves around the Sun in and year and rotates on its axis in a 24-hour day. They have related this rotation of Earth to day and night while recognizing that the movements of the sun, moon, and stars are connected. SC.5.E.5.1: (DOK 1) Recognize that a galaxy consists of gas, dust, and many st ...
... Earth revolves around the Sun in and year and rotates on its axis in a 24-hour day. They have related this rotation of Earth to day and night while recognizing that the movements of the sun, moon, and stars are connected. SC.5.E.5.1: (DOK 1) Recognize that a galaxy consists of gas, dust, and many st ...
Studying Space Section 2
... • Describe two lines of evidence for Earth’s rotation. • Explain how the change in apparent positions of constellations provides evidence of Earth’s rotation and revolution around the sun. • Summarize how Earth’s rotation and revolution provide a basis for measuring time. • Explain how the tilt of E ...
... • Describe two lines of evidence for Earth’s rotation. • Explain how the change in apparent positions of constellations provides evidence of Earth’s rotation and revolution around the sun. • Summarize how Earth’s rotation and revolution provide a basis for measuring time. • Explain how the tilt of E ...
Homework October 24-28
... A)Planet, Galaxy, Solar System, Universe B)Solar System, Planet, Universe, Galaxy C)Universe, Solar System, Planet, Galaxy D)Planet, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe 2.Polaris, the North Star, is almost always visible in the same location because A) it is the brightest star in the sky. B) it is gravit ...
... A)Planet, Galaxy, Solar System, Universe B)Solar System, Planet, Universe, Galaxy C)Universe, Solar System, Planet, Galaxy D)Planet, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe 2.Polaris, the North Star, is almost always visible in the same location because A) it is the brightest star in the sky. B) it is gravit ...
Lecture9 - University of Toledo
... object. Changes (e.g. the moon). “Weightlessness” same as “free-fall”. There is gravity in space, but you are falling freely around the earth. ...
... object. Changes (e.g. the moon). “Weightlessness” same as “free-fall”. There is gravity in space, but you are falling freely around the earth. ...
Busemann_final - University of Hertfordshire
... atmosphere by NASA aircraft. The samples were gathered in April 2003 during the Earth's passage through the dust stream left behind by comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup. Dr Henner Busemann of the University of Manchester will present the results at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science at the Un ...
... atmosphere by NASA aircraft. The samples were gathered in April 2003 during the Earth's passage through the dust stream left behind by comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup. Dr Henner Busemann of the University of Manchester will present the results at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science at the Un ...
Notes for Unit 5
... lived. Just to wrap it up, Newton made almost all of his discoveries during 9 months in 1666 when he had to leave Cambridge because it was closed due to a plague outbreak. During that time (and through developments later in his life), he came up with: 1. his theory on optics (including that white li ...
... lived. Just to wrap it up, Newton made almost all of his discoveries during 9 months in 1666 when he had to leave Cambridge because it was closed due to a plague outbreak. During that time (and through developments later in his life), he came up with: 1. his theory on optics (including that white li ...
Birth, Age and the Future of the Universe
... first spectra of what was then called spiral “nebulae” (now known to be galaxies). It was a tedious process with small telescopes and slow emulsions. He found the spectral lines shifted toward the red (Figure 1) and he concluded correctly that the objects were hence receding from us, – yet faster th ...
... first spectra of what was then called spiral “nebulae” (now known to be galaxies). It was a tedious process with small telescopes and slow emulsions. He found the spectral lines shifted toward the red (Figure 1) and he concluded correctly that the objects were hence receding from us, – yet faster th ...
Planetary Science with Next Generation Large Astrophysics Missions
... Abstract NASA’s Great Observatories have pro-vided both astronomers and planetary scientists unique imaging and spectroscopic capabilities for many years. Solar System observations have typically been some of the most widely known to the community and the public. Current and new missions are now rec ...
... Abstract NASA’s Great Observatories have pro-vided both astronomers and planetary scientists unique imaging and spectroscopic capabilities for many years. Solar System observations have typically been some of the most widely known to the community and the public. Current and new missions are now rec ...
Document
... Peebles and Dicke (Princeton) had just calculated an estimate for the temperature (3.5º K) of the residual background radiation from the big bang explosion, and found it was detectable in the microwave region. Called “cosmic background radiation” CONCLUSION: This was strong evidence against the Stea ...
... Peebles and Dicke (Princeton) had just calculated an estimate for the temperature (3.5º K) of the residual background radiation from the big bang explosion, and found it was detectable in the microwave region. Called “cosmic background radiation” CONCLUSION: This was strong evidence against the Stea ...
Quiz 2 material 104
... case the phases would be crescents). In the heliocentric model, Venus is either in front of or behind the Sun relative to Earth. This is what Galileo observed (and what we observe today). 2.2 Origin of the Universe (page 28): the Universe is billions of years old (our best scientific estimate today ...
... case the phases would be crescents). In the heliocentric model, Venus is either in front of or behind the Sun relative to Earth. This is what Galileo observed (and what we observe today). 2.2 Origin of the Universe (page 28): the Universe is billions of years old (our best scientific estimate today ...
The Sun`s Exterior
... Sun’s atmosphere. The layers above are hotter than the photosphere. The layer above is called the chromosphere. This is the layer that contains the bright red storms visible during a solar eclipse. The temperature in the chromosphere ranges from 6,000 to 50,000 Kelvin. ...
... Sun’s atmosphere. The layers above are hotter than the photosphere. The layer above is called the chromosphere. This is the layer that contains the bright red storms visible during a solar eclipse. The temperature in the chromosphere ranges from 6,000 to 50,000 Kelvin. ...
Outer space
Outer space, or just space, is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. It is not completely empty, but consists of a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles, predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, neutrinos, dust and cosmic rays. The baseline temperature, as set by the background radiation from the Big Bang, is 2.7 kelvin (K). Plasma with a number density of less than one hydrogen atom per cubic metre and a temperature of millions of kelvin in the space between galaxies accounts for most of the baryonic (ordinary) matter in outer space; local concentrations have condensed into stars and galaxies. In most galaxies, observations provide evidence that 90% of the mass is in an unknown form, called dark matter, which interacts with other matter through gravitational but not electromagnetic forces. Data indicates that the majority of the mass-energy in the observable Universe is a poorly understood vacuum energy of space which astronomers label dark energy. Intergalactic space takes up most of the volume of the Universe, but even galaxies and star systems consist almost entirely of empty space.There is no firm boundary where space begins. However the Kármán line, at an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) above sea level, is conventionally used as the start of outer space in space treaties and for aerospace records keeping. The framework for international space law was established by the Outer Space Treaty, which was passed by the United Nations in 1967. This treaty precludes any claims of national sovereignty and permits all states to freely explore outer space. Despite the drafting of UN resolutions for the peaceful uses of outer space, anti-satellite weapons have been tested in Earth orbit.Humans began the physical exploration of space during the 20th century with the advent of high-altitude balloon flights, followed by manned rocket launches. Earth orbit was first achieved by Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union in 1961 and unmanned spacecraft have since reached all of the known planets in the Solar System. Due to the high cost of getting into space, manned spaceflight has been limited to low Earth orbit and the Moon.Outer space represents a challenging environment for human exploration because of the dual hazards of vacuum and radiation. Microgravity also has a negative effect on human physiology that causes both muscle atrophy and bone loss. In addition to these health and environmental issues, the economic cost of putting objects, including humans, into space is high.