The Search for Earth-Like Planets
... Premise: If there is intelligent life “out there”, it probably is similar to life as we know it on Earth. ...
... Premise: If there is intelligent life “out there”, it probably is similar to life as we know it on Earth. ...
Black Hole
... •There are many galaxies in the universe, and our Another galaxy , The galaxy, the Milky Way Canis Major Dwarf, was found by German galaxy, has many solar Astronomers on November systems and planets in it. 10, 2010. This is currently the closest galaxy to our ...
... •There are many galaxies in the universe, and our Another galaxy , The galaxy, the Milky Way Canis Major Dwarf, was found by German galaxy, has many solar Astronomers on November systems and planets in it. 10, 2010. This is currently the closest galaxy to our ...
Document - Hartford Junior School
... It was nice to know a bit more about the Solar System. Tia. I didn’t know how big the biggest star was, so I enjoyed learning about it. Connor W I like how the Observatory moved around, it took me by surprise! Jack I learned that the planet Venus is not a good place to go! EvieRose I liked finding o ...
... It was nice to know a bit more about the Solar System. Tia. I didn’t know how big the biggest star was, so I enjoyed learning about it. Connor W I like how the Observatory moved around, it took me by surprise! Jack I learned that the planet Venus is not a good place to go! EvieRose I liked finding o ...
Slide 1
... growth of structure in order to test explanations of its apparent accelerating expansion including Dark Energy and possible modifications to Einstein's gravity. 3) Produce a deep map of the sky at NIR wavelengths, enabling new and fundamental discoveries ranging from mapping the Galactic plane to pr ...
... growth of structure in order to test explanations of its apparent accelerating expansion including Dark Energy and possible modifications to Einstein's gravity. 3) Produce a deep map of the sky at NIR wavelengths, enabling new and fundamental discoveries ranging from mapping the Galactic plane to pr ...
Sledging on Mars
... for Kourou in French Guiana, where it will be launched later this year. “Gaia builds on the technical and scientific heritage of ESA’s star-mapping Hipparcos mission, reflecting the continued expertise of the space industry and the scientific community across Europe,” said Alvaro Giménez, ESA’s Dire ...
... for Kourou in French Guiana, where it will be launched later this year. “Gaia builds on the technical and scientific heritage of ESA’s star-mapping Hipparcos mission, reflecting the continued expertise of the space industry and the scientific community across Europe,” said Alvaro Giménez, ESA’s Dire ...
Unit 12 Guide: Concepts of Earth Science Stars, Galaxies, and the
... Unit 12 Guide: Concepts of Earth Science Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Key Concepts and Questions to Be Able to Explain and Answer: 1. What are the names and characteristics of the three types of galaxies? What type of galaxy is the Milky Way galaxy? 2. What evidence do scientists use to support ...
... Unit 12 Guide: Concepts of Earth Science Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Key Concepts and Questions to Be Able to Explain and Answer: 1. What are the names and characteristics of the three types of galaxies? What type of galaxy is the Milky Way galaxy? 2. What evidence do scientists use to support ...
INV 12B MOTION WITH CHANGING SPEED DRY LAB DATA
... b. the apparent shift in wavelength of light as the source moves away or toward observer c. unit used to measure the distance inside our solar system d. process in which volcanic eruptions release gas to the early atmosphere e. galaxy we are in f. the only planet with Goldilocks conditions g. planet ...
... b. the apparent shift in wavelength of light as the source moves away or toward observer c. unit used to measure the distance inside our solar system d. process in which volcanic eruptions release gas to the early atmosphere e. galaxy we are in f. the only planet with Goldilocks conditions g. planet ...
Use with the big book “A Tour of the Planets” Photocopy questions
... students place a Post It Note as the teacher reads on the appropriate page when they hear the answer to their question. Continue and discuss what the students observed. Students will notice that one particular group will place many of their color Post It Note in the book. (The Think and Search Quest ...
... students place a Post It Note as the teacher reads on the appropriate page when they hear the answer to their question. Continue and discuss what the students observed. Students will notice that one particular group will place many of their color Post It Note in the book. (The Think and Search Quest ...
William Borucki
... stars much cooler and smaller than the Sun as well orbiting stars hotter than the Sun. Orbital periods range from 8.5 hours to over 1000 days and orbital distances range from 0.01 AU to many AU. Several planets have been discovered orbiting binary stars and one in a triple-star system. Preliminary e ...
... stars much cooler and smaller than the Sun as well orbiting stars hotter than the Sun. Orbital periods range from 8.5 hours to over 1000 days and orbital distances range from 0.01 AU to many AU. Several planets have been discovered orbiting binary stars and one in a triple-star system. Preliminary e ...
F03HW09
... Why are earth-based parallax measurements limited to the nearest stars? Parallax measurements are limited because we measure the motion of a star due to the motion of Earth around the sun. Earth’s orbit is so small compared to the distance to stars that even the nearest stars show very small apparen ...
... Why are earth-based parallax measurements limited to the nearest stars? Parallax measurements are limited because we measure the motion of a star due to the motion of Earth around the sun. Earth’s orbit is so small compared to the distance to stars that even the nearest stars show very small apparen ...
Exploring other Solar Systems
... separations heretofore beyond the reach of the past decade’s studies. In space, both the Kepler satellite (which will detect planets as they eclipse their parent stars), and the Space Interferometry Mission (which will have the sensitivity to discover through orbiting earths around nearby stars via ...
... separations heretofore beyond the reach of the past decade’s studies. In space, both the Kepler satellite (which will detect planets as they eclipse their parent stars), and the Space Interferometry Mission (which will have the sensitivity to discover through orbiting earths around nearby stars via ...
Lecture 37: The Pale Blue Dot
... Direct detection of exoEarths is hard because of their small size and extreme faintness relative to their parent stars. The spectrum of the Earth has two humps: reflected sunlight and thermal emission. Spectral properties can measure the size and surface temperatures of exoEarths. Spectral biomarker ...
... Direct detection of exoEarths is hard because of their small size and extreme faintness relative to their parent stars. The spectrum of the Earth has two humps: reflected sunlight and thermal emission. Spectral properties can measure the size and surface temperatures of exoEarths. Spectral biomarker ...
Milky Way
... • The band of the Milky Way is the same view a viewer would have sitting inside a disk of stars. – Consistent with the Sun towards an edge ...
... • The band of the Milky Way is the same view a viewer would have sitting inside a disk of stars. – Consistent with the Sun towards an edge ...
Document
... • What causes the mass to keep on increasing? • Don’t see anything there. Thus “dark” matter. ...
... • What causes the mass to keep on increasing? • Don’t see anything there. Thus “dark” matter. ...
Milky Way
... • What causes the mass to keep on increasing? • Don’t see anything there. Thus “dark” matter. ...
... • What causes the mass to keep on increasing? • Don’t see anything there. Thus “dark” matter. ...
Watch the episode titled “The Milky Way” from the series “The
... The Universe – The Milky Way Watch the episode titled “The Milky Way” from the series “The Universe” and completely answer the questions below. ...
... The Universe – The Milky Way Watch the episode titled “The Milky Way” from the series “The Universe” and completely answer the questions below. ...
HW4 due - Yale Astronomy
... than the Sun. How far away could a Type Ia supernovae be, and still be detected with the Hubble Space Telescope? Express your answer in light years. ...
... than the Sun. How far away could a Type Ia supernovae be, and still be detected with the Hubble Space Telescope? Express your answer in light years. ...
Benchmark lesson
... sky. They used the predictable movements to track time. Over the years, people began to make tools to help them study the planets and stars. As technology got better, the tools people used to study astronomy got better too. One of the most important tools invented to study the sky was the telescope. ...
... sky. They used the predictable movements to track time. Over the years, people began to make tools to help them study the planets and stars. As technology got better, the tools people used to study astronomy got better too. One of the most important tools invented to study the sky was the telescope. ...
astrophysics 2009
... -a galaxy is a collection of 100 billion stars, dust and gas held together by gravity. They can be spiral shaped, or elliptical though some are irregular. Our galaxy, the Milky Way is spiral. -within a galaxy a close group of bound stars is called a cluster. A globular cluster has about 105 stars sy ...
... -a galaxy is a collection of 100 billion stars, dust and gas held together by gravity. They can be spiral shaped, or elliptical though some are irregular. Our galaxy, the Milky Way is spiral. -within a galaxy a close group of bound stars is called a cluster. A globular cluster has about 105 stars sy ...
March - Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association
... with Adaptive Optics (CIAO) at the Subaru Telescope to directly image FN Tau and the lightweight disk of planet-forming material surrounding it. This star is merely 100 thousand years old and weighs only one tenth of the Sun. MANY, PERHAPS MOST, NEARBY SUN-LIKE STARS MAY FORM ROCKY PLANETS: Astronom ...
... with Adaptive Optics (CIAO) at the Subaru Telescope to directly image FN Tau and the lightweight disk of planet-forming material surrounding it. This star is merely 100 thousand years old and weighs only one tenth of the Sun. MANY, PERHAPS MOST, NEARBY SUN-LIKE STARS MAY FORM ROCKY PLANETS: Astronom ...
Astronomy Quiz #1 Answers
... 7. What are the two important discoveries made by Edwin Hubble? -many galaxies existed beyond the Milky Way -almost all galaxies are moving away from each other ...
... 7. What are the two important discoveries made by Edwin Hubble? -many galaxies existed beyond the Milky Way -almost all galaxies are moving away from each other ...
Astronomy 114 Problem Set # 7 Due: 30 Apr 2007 SOLUTIONS 1
... 1 What is the smallest angle (in arc seconds) that could theoretically be resolved by the 10-m Keck telescope at a wavelength of 500 nm? The angular resolution of a telescope with diameter D, at some wavelength λ satisfies: λ radians θ = 1.22 D If λ = 500 nm, and for Keck, D = 10 m, we have θ = 1.22 ...
... 1 What is the smallest angle (in arc seconds) that could theoretically be resolved by the 10-m Keck telescope at a wavelength of 500 nm? The angular resolution of a telescope with diameter D, at some wavelength λ satisfies: λ radians θ = 1.22 D If λ = 500 nm, and for Keck, D = 10 m, we have θ = 1.22 ...
Solutions to problems
... their explosive deaths. These heavier elements are important to prospect of planets because we believe the planets begin forming with the condensation of solid “seeds” of metal, rock, or ice, all of which are compose of elements besides H and He. 2. Following the work of Annie Jump Cannon, we divide ...
... their explosive deaths. These heavier elements are important to prospect of planets because we believe the planets begin forming with the condensation of solid “seeds” of metal, rock, or ice, all of which are compose of elements besides H and He. 2. Following the work of Annie Jump Cannon, we divide ...
Chapter 12
... – This theory says the Universe goes through a series of bangs and crunches in an ongoing cycle – Currently still expanding from the most recent ...
... – This theory says the Universe goes through a series of bangs and crunches in an ongoing cycle – Currently still expanding from the most recent ...
Space Interferometry Mission
The Space Interferometry Mission, or SIM, also known as SIM Lite (formerly known as SIM PlanetQuest), was a planned space telescope developed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in conjunction with contractor Northrop Grumman. One of the main goals of the mission was the hunt for Earth-sized planets orbiting in the habitable zones of nearby stars other than the Sun. SIM was postponed several times and finally cancelled in 2010.In addition to hunting for extrasolar planets, SIM would have helped astronomers construct a map of the Milky Way galaxy. Other important tasks would have included collecting data to help pinpoint stellar masses for specific types of stars, assisting in the determination of the spatial distribution of dark matter in the Milky Way and in the Local Group of galaxies and using the gravitational microlensing effect to measure the mass of stars.The spacecraft would have used optical interferometry to accomplish these and other scientific goals. This technique collects light with multiple mirrors (in SIM's case, two) which is combined to make an interference pattern which can be very precisely measured.The initial contracts for SIM Lite were awarded in 1998, totaling US$200 million. Work on the SIM project required scientists and engineers to move through eight specific new technology milestones, and by November 2006, all eight had been completed.SIM Lite was originally scheduled for a 2005 launch, aboard an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV). As a result of continued budget cuts, the launch date has been pushed back at least five times. NASA has set a preliminary launch date for 2015 and U.S. federal budget documents confirm that a launch date is expected ""no earlier"" than 2015. The budget cuts to SIM Lite are expected to continue through FY 2010. As of February 2007, many of the engineers working on the SIM program had moved on to other areas and projects, and NASA directed the project to allocate its resources toward engineering risk reduction. However, the preliminary budget for NASA for 2008 included zero dollars for SIM.In December 2007, the Congress restored funding for fiscal year 2008 as part of an omnibus appropriations bill which the President later signed. At the same time the Congress directed NASA to move the mission forward to the development phase. In 2009 the project continued its risk reduction work while waiting for the findings and recommendations of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, Astro2010, performed by the National Academy of Sciences, which would determine the project's future.On 13 August 2010, the Astro2010 Decadal Report was released and did not recommend that NASA continue the development of the SIM Lite Astrometric Observatory. This prompted NASA Astronomy and Physics Director, Jon Morse, to issue a letter on 24 September 2010 to the SIM Lite project manager, informing him that NASA was discontinuing its sponsorship of the SIM Lite mission and directing the project to discontinue Phase B activities immediately or as soon as practical. Accordingly, all SIM Lite activities were closed down by the end of calendar year 2010.