May 2013 Eyepiece - Amateur Astronomers Association of New York
... around distant star system Kepler-62. This brings the total known planets in that star system to five. Kepler-62 has been under observation for some time, but it takes many observations utilizing the transit method to detect orbiting planets as they dim the star’s light when passing in front of it d ...
... around distant star system Kepler-62. This brings the total known planets in that star system to five. Kepler-62 has been under observation for some time, but it takes many observations utilizing the transit method to detect orbiting planets as they dim the star’s light when passing in front of it d ...
Can we prove God Exists? Part 1 How can modern science help us
... came into existence via the so called Big Bang event. This is said to have occurred perhaps 15-20 billion years ago, when the universe began to expand outward from one infinite small point in space. Through nuclear fusion processes hydrogen (the first element) was converted to helium followed by oth ...
... came into existence via the so called Big Bang event. This is said to have occurred perhaps 15-20 billion years ago, when the universe began to expand outward from one infinite small point in space. Through nuclear fusion processes hydrogen (the first element) was converted to helium followed by oth ...
Our_Unique_Planet
... - Without the right mass/gravity, the atmosphere which surrounds us would move into space as well as us. - This also allowed the Iron Catastrophe to occur which allowed the earths’ inner layers to form. ...
... - Without the right mass/gravity, the atmosphere which surrounds us would move into space as well as us. - This also allowed the Iron Catastrophe to occur which allowed the earths’ inner layers to form. ...
PowerPoint Presentation - The Origin of the Universe
... – The universe is so close to flat we can’t see any deviations ...
... – The universe is so close to flat we can’t see any deviations ...
Chapter 18 - the Universe Begins
... fundamental particles of matter had formed. Protons, neutrons and electrons existed. By three seconds old, the Universe contained the basic and simplest elements—almost all hydrogen and some helium. However, it took another 380 000 years before the Universe had cooled sufficiently for photons (i.e. ...
... fundamental particles of matter had formed. Protons, neutrons and electrons existed. By three seconds old, the Universe contained the basic and simplest elements—almost all hydrogen and some helium. However, it took another 380 000 years before the Universe had cooled sufficiently for photons (i.e. ...
Introduction to Earth Science - The Federation of Galaxy Explorers
... pounds per square inch. Thus we can live at sea level or in the mountains. Let’s tell the engineers that we need to keep the transporter pressurized to about 12 pounds per square inch so we can live in a shortsleeve environment instead of wearing our astronaut suits all the time. That will make it e ...
... pounds per square inch. Thus we can live at sea level or in the mountains. Let’s tell the engineers that we need to keep the transporter pressurized to about 12 pounds per square inch so we can live in a shortsleeve environment instead of wearing our astronaut suits all the time. That will make it e ...
Our Family on the Sky - Northern Stars Planetarium
... Now that your model solar system is laid out properly, have your students pick up their respective planets. Tell them to try to keep the same distance from the sun and have them walk at approximately the same speed around the sun (in their respective orbits!). Which planet goes around the sun first? ...
... Now that your model solar system is laid out properly, have your students pick up their respective planets. Tell them to try to keep the same distance from the sun and have them walk at approximately the same speed around the sun (in their respective orbits!). Which planet goes around the sun first? ...
How many atoms make up the universe?
... density of the Universe should be close to the so-called critical density that separates an open universe that always grows from a closed universe that ultimately collapses again. • This critical mass density is currently equal to 9.9x10-27 kg/m3. (5.9 Hydrogen /m3) • 4.6% Atoms. More than 95% of th ...
... density of the Universe should be close to the so-called critical density that separates an open universe that always grows from a closed universe that ultimately collapses again. • This critical mass density is currently equal to 9.9x10-27 kg/m3. (5.9 Hydrogen /m3) • 4.6% Atoms. More than 95% of th ...
Cosmology
... • Radiation left over from the Big Bang is now detected in the form of microwaves—the cosmic microwave background—which we can observe with a radio telescope • Observations of helium and other light elements agree with the predictions for fusion in the Big Bang theory ...
... • Radiation left over from the Big Bang is now detected in the form of microwaves—the cosmic microwave background—which we can observe with a radio telescope • Observations of helium and other light elements agree with the predictions for fusion in the Big Bang theory ...
1 Introduction for non-astronomers 1.1 Our expanding universe
... which was trying to pull it back together. The gravity of normal “baryonic” matter (which includes stars, dust, and everything else that we can see around us) was being helped in this task by an additional component of invisible “dark matter”. Although dark matter seems to have the same gravitationa ...
... which was trying to pull it back together. The gravity of normal “baryonic” matter (which includes stars, dust, and everything else that we can see around us) was being helped in this task by an additional component of invisible “dark matter”. Although dark matter seems to have the same gravitationa ...
This lecture covers the origins of the Universe, Sun and our planet
... Think of the change in pitch as a whistling train approaches then passes you. One can quantify the red shift by looking at the relative differences in the elemental absorption lines of light emanating from a distant star vs those associated with our sun. In the case above the second absorption b ...
... Think of the change in pitch as a whistling train approaches then passes you. One can quantify the red shift by looking at the relative differences in the elemental absorption lines of light emanating from a distant star vs those associated with our sun. In the case above the second absorption b ...
Earth Science Regents Basic Review Guide
... Water is most dense near 4oC, when it is still a liquid. Everything in nature moves from high to low (except for warm air). Relationship Graphs: ...
... Water is most dense near 4oC, when it is still a liquid. Everything in nature moves from high to low (except for warm air). Relationship Graphs: ...
Educator`s Guide to the Cullman Hall of the Universe, Heilbrunn
... all of our information comes from light. Just about everything in the universe — stars, planets, clouds of gas and dust — emits light (electromagnetic radiation). Only a fraction of this light is in wavelengths visible to the human eye. But telescopes on Earth and in orbit can capture the full spect ...
... all of our information comes from light. Just about everything in the universe — stars, planets, clouds of gas and dust — emits light (electromagnetic radiation). Only a fraction of this light is in wavelengths visible to the human eye. But telescopes on Earth and in orbit can capture the full spect ...
noid-JCES_Sample - The Journal of Novel Applied Sciences
... the Sun and the Stars shine, i.e. why they are in a thermal equilibrium with the surrounding space, cannot be solved within the framework of known physical laws. This conclusion follows an analysis of astronomical data. Degraded conditions of systems would have to prevail, whereas they almost never ...
... the Sun and the Stars shine, i.e. why they are in a thermal equilibrium with the surrounding space, cannot be solved within the framework of known physical laws. This conclusion follows an analysis of astronomical data. Degraded conditions of systems would have to prevail, whereas they almost never ...
Basics of Atmospheres and their Formation
... • Inner planets – formed by rocky material inside “frost line” • Outer planets – formed by hydrogen compound ices as “seeds”, and since H is most of the proto-solar system’s material, these planets are large • Beyond, is Kuiper Belt of 10’s of thousands of ice worlds a few hundred miles across or le ...
... • Inner planets – formed by rocky material inside “frost line” • Outer planets – formed by hydrogen compound ices as “seeds”, and since H is most of the proto-solar system’s material, these planets are large • Beyond, is Kuiper Belt of 10’s of thousands of ice worlds a few hundred miles across or le ...
1 December 2014 An Update on the Universe Professor Ian Morison
... Predictions of a “Hot” Big Bang and hence the presence of radiation within the Universe Two American scientists, George Gamow and Richard Dicke independently predicted that very high temperatures must have existed at the time of the Big Bang − both for somewhat the wrong reasons. Gamov wanted the te ...
... Predictions of a “Hot” Big Bang and hence the presence of radiation within the Universe Two American scientists, George Gamow and Richard Dicke independently predicted that very high temperatures must have existed at the time of the Big Bang − both for somewhat the wrong reasons. Gamov wanted the te ...
Fulltext PDF - Indian Academy of Sciences
... way they are at all times since the dawn of Creation, and may be there forever and forever, never to perish. In other words, it was believed by the ancients that the sun and the stars, the moon and other planets have always been there, and will persist as such till the last gasp of the world. For lo ...
... way they are at all times since the dawn of Creation, and may be there forever and forever, never to perish. In other words, it was believed by the ancients that the sun and the stars, the moon and other planets have always been there, and will persist as such till the last gasp of the world. For lo ...
The Island Universe of Immanuel Kant - EU-HOU
... is being curved by matter. Thus, the light ray is apparently bent in the vicinity of a big mass. Calculations show that to attain a measurable effect of that bending either the observer must be very close to the bending mass or the mass has to be very, very large. Therefore, it is possible to observ ...
... is being curved by matter. Thus, the light ray is apparently bent in the vicinity of a big mass. Calculations show that to attain a measurable effect of that bending either the observer must be very close to the bending mass or the mass has to be very, very large. Therefore, it is possible to observ ...
or view
... does not, however, solve the problem, because any absorbing gas or dust would simply heat up until the starlight it had absorbed would be reradiated. Ultimately, the energy we would detect as light from Earth would be the same. It was the American poet Edgar Allan Poe who came up with one of the fir ...
... does not, however, solve the problem, because any absorbing gas or dust would simply heat up until the starlight it had absorbed would be reradiated. Ultimately, the energy we would detect as light from Earth would be the same. It was the American poet Edgar Allan Poe who came up with one of the fir ...
dm - The Institute of Mathematical Sciences
... According to these theories the Universe after one second was a sea of different kinds of particles such as protons, neutrons, electrons, neutrinos and photons at a temperature of 10 billion degrees. As the Universe started cooling due to expansion, the neutrons combined with protons to form nuclei. ...
... According to these theories the Universe after one second was a sea of different kinds of particles such as protons, neutrons, electrons, neutrinos and photons at a temperature of 10 billion degrees. As the Universe started cooling due to expansion, the neutrons combined with protons to form nuclei. ...
Student Worksheet
... away from him. He was able to explain this by imagining that his space was able to expand. a) Albert’s universe is one-dimensional. It consists of spiral galaxies (paper clips) connected by space (elastic bands). The coloured paper clip is Albert’s galaxy. The other paper clips are a nearby galaxy B ...
... away from him. He was able to explain this by imagining that his space was able to expand. a) Albert’s universe is one-dimensional. It consists of spiral galaxies (paper clips) connected by space (elastic bands). The coloured paper clip is Albert’s galaxy. The other paper clips are a nearby galaxy B ...
ASTR 101 Scale of the Universe: an Overview
... What is the estimated number of stars in the Milky way, what is its diameter? Can we see all of the Milky way galaxy from Earth? What is the reason we see Milky way as a luminous cloud? What is most distant object in the universe one can see without a telescope? What are the dark areas in the Milky ...
... What is the estimated number of stars in the Milky way, what is its diameter? Can we see all of the Milky way galaxy from Earth? What is the reason we see Milky way as a luminous cloud? What is most distant object in the universe one can see without a telescope? What are the dark areas in the Milky ...
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.