Outline 8: History of the Universe and Solar System
... billion years in deepest view yet http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57520513/hubble-looks-back13.2-billion-years-in-deepest-view-yet/?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel ...
... billion years in deepest view yet http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57520513/hubble-looks-back13.2-billion-years-in-deepest-view-yet/?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel ...
Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) Observation
... – Term Papers or Research Projects:…….. 40% ...
... – Term Papers or Research Projects:…….. 40% ...
Lecture 24, PPT version
... • Motion in the universe (rotation and revolution of the earth, revolution of the sun, motion of galaxies in the Local Group, Hubble’s Law) • What can be seen in the sky without a telescope? • What is a constellation and why do the constellations that you see change with the seasons and with your la ...
... • Motion in the universe (rotation and revolution of the earth, revolution of the sun, motion of galaxies in the Local Group, Hubble’s Law) • What can be seen in the sky without a telescope? • What is a constellation and why do the constellations that you see change with the seasons and with your la ...
Astronomy Basics
... Slide 6: Gallery picture from Keck Observatory Slide 2: Educational graphic from Imagine the Universe! Slide 3: Harvard's Field Guide to X-ray Astronomy. Slide 7: Educational graphic from Imagine the Universe! ...
... Slide 6: Gallery picture from Keck Observatory Slide 2: Educational graphic from Imagine the Universe! Slide 3: Harvard's Field Guide to X-ray Astronomy. Slide 7: Educational graphic from Imagine the Universe! ...
The Universe and Galaxies - West Jefferson Local Schools
... - Dark matter – theoretical unseen and undetectable mass that adds to the gravity of a galaxy - Dark energy – theoretical energy that might be causing accelerated expansion of the universe - most things we see in space are _________ - stars - huge balls of hot _________ that emits _________ - stars ...
... - Dark matter – theoretical unseen and undetectable mass that adds to the gravity of a galaxy - Dark energy – theoretical energy that might be causing accelerated expansion of the universe - most things we see in space are _________ - stars - huge balls of hot _________ that emits _________ - stars ...
The Universe and Galaxies - West Jefferson Local Schools
... - Dark matter – theoretical unseen and undetectable mass that adds to the gravity of a galaxy - Dark energy – theoretical energy that might be causing accelerated expansion of the universe - most things we see in space are _________ - stars - huge balls of hot _________ that emits _________ - stars ...
... - Dark matter – theoretical unseen and undetectable mass that adds to the gravity of a galaxy - Dark energy – theoretical energy that might be causing accelerated expansion of the universe - most things we see in space are _________ - stars - huge balls of hot _________ that emits _________ - stars ...
Questions for this book (Word format)
... It took astronomers many years to realise that some of the “fuzzy patches” or “nebulae” in the night sky are actually galaxies like the Milky Way. One reason for this was that only some of the objects catalogued as “nebulae” are actually galaxies. List at least three types of nebula which are not ex ...
... It took astronomers many years to realise that some of the “fuzzy patches” or “nebulae” in the night sky are actually galaxies like the Milky Way. One reason for this was that only some of the objects catalogued as “nebulae” are actually galaxies. List at least three types of nebula which are not ex ...
The Sky is Our Laboratory
... 15. What is the big, main bright core in the middle of galaxies? 16. How many different types of galaxies are there? • It is called the `bulge’ and it consists of stars, generally fairly old. Most galaxies have bulges.. For instance, elliptical galaxies could be considered to consist entirely of a ...
... 15. What is the big, main bright core in the middle of galaxies? 16. How many different types of galaxies are there? • It is called the `bulge’ and it consists of stars, generally fairly old. Most galaxies have bulges.. For instance, elliptical galaxies could be considered to consist entirely of a ...
Science, 4th 9 weeks
... The cosmos is vast and explored well enough to know its basic structure and operational principles. Everything in the Universe exerts a gravitational force on everything else; there is interplay between magnetic fields and electrical currents. ...
... The cosmos is vast and explored well enough to know its basic structure and operational principles. Everything in the Universe exerts a gravitational force on everything else; there is interplay between magnetic fields and electrical currents. ...
Ch 20 Notes Stars
... • When a scientist observes a galaxy that is 1 billion years away, they are observing light that left the galaxy 1 billion years ago • Scientists don’t know what the galaxy looks like now, but can study similar closer galaxies to piece together the evolution of galaxies • The gas, dust and stars tha ...
... • When a scientist observes a galaxy that is 1 billion years away, they are observing light that left the galaxy 1 billion years ago • Scientists don’t know what the galaxy looks like now, but can study similar closer galaxies to piece together the evolution of galaxies • The gas, dust and stars tha ...
UA Glossary2 - Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics
... Frame of Reference- The perspective from which an event is viewed. For example, a man is standing on the side of the road, and he sees a woman drive past him in a car. From the man's frame of reference, he is stationary and the woman is speeding past him at 40 miles per hour. However, from the woman ...
... Frame of Reference- The perspective from which an event is viewed. For example, a man is standing on the side of the road, and he sees a woman drive past him in a car. From the man's frame of reference, he is stationary and the woman is speeding past him at 40 miles per hour. However, from the woman ...
A glance at the beginning of the Universe
... Edwin Hubble identified Cepheid variables in Andromeda Nebula. He proved conclusively that these nebulae were too distant to be part of the Milky Way and were, in fact, entire galaxies outside our own. ...
... Edwin Hubble identified Cepheid variables in Andromeda Nebula. He proved conclusively that these nebulae were too distant to be part of the Milky Way and were, in fact, entire galaxies outside our own. ...
The human race has made great strides in the last few centuries
... By the time that a microsecond has passed after the Big Bang, our physics is in better shape and our models have made remarkable and verifiable predications. We view the Universe as an expanding ball of hot plasma in thermal equilibrium with small density variations imprinted from quantum phenomena ...
... By the time that a microsecond has passed after the Big Bang, our physics is in better shape and our models have made remarkable and verifiable predications. We view the Universe as an expanding ball of hot plasma in thermal equilibrium with small density variations imprinted from quantum phenomena ...
ASTRONOMY 1303 Syllabus Fall 2015
... Once during the semester the class will go out to the observatory located 5 miles off campus. During this time students will be using telescopes to explore heavenly objects like clusters, double stars and nebulas. The date of this lab is dependent upon the weather and phase of the Moon. This fall we ...
... Once during the semester the class will go out to the observatory located 5 miles off campus. During this time students will be using telescopes to explore heavenly objects like clusters, double stars and nebulas. The date of this lab is dependent upon the weather and phase of the Moon. This fall we ...
The Assembly of M31`s Halo from Dwarf Galaxy Building Blocks
... A. The luminosity of the Sun is 81 times that of the star X B. The typical photon emitted by star X has a lower energy than the typical photon emitted by the Sun C. Star X is reddish in color whereas the Sun is yellowish white D. If both stars were at the same distance from us, the Sun would ...
... A. The luminosity of the Sun is 81 times that of the star X B. The typical photon emitted by star X has a lower energy than the typical photon emitted by the Sun C. Star X is reddish in color whereas the Sun is yellowish white D. If both stars were at the same distance from us, the Sun would ...
Lecture Thirteen (Powerpoint format) - Flash
... background can be used to constrain theories of the very early universe, including inflation. The key idea here is that very distant regions on the microwave background were not in causal contact at the surface of last scattering. Hence, whatever anisotropies exist on these large scales, they must ...
... background can be used to constrain theories of the very early universe, including inflation. The key idea here is that very distant regions on the microwave background were not in causal contact at the surface of last scattering. Hence, whatever anisotropies exist on these large scales, they must ...
PHYSICS 113 Assignment #9 SOLUTIONS Chapter 17 13. Starting
... (iii) By measuring the spectrum of a star in our Galaxy, we can determine its spectral type and by using the HR diagram we can deduce its luminosity (assuming that the star is on the main sequence). By next measuring the star’s apparent brightness, we can then deduce its distance. We can measure dis ...
... (iii) By measuring the spectrum of a star in our Galaxy, we can determine its spectral type and by using the HR diagram we can deduce its luminosity (assuming that the star is on the main sequence). By next measuring the star’s apparent brightness, we can then deduce its distance. We can measure dis ...
ISP 205: Visions of the Universe
... • We see objects as they were in the past: • Light travels at a finite speed (300,000 km/s). • The farther away we look in distance, the further back we look in time. • Allows us to study the history of the Universe. ...
... • We see objects as they were in the past: • Light travels at a finite speed (300,000 km/s). • The farther away we look in distance, the further back we look in time. • Allows us to study the history of the Universe. ...
30galaxies and the universe
... Black holes in the centers of giant galaxies—some more than one billion solar masses—had enough infalling gas to once blaze as quasars. The final mass of a black hole is not primordial, but instead is determined during the galaxy formation process. This shows that there is a close relationship betwe ...
... Black holes in the centers of giant galaxies—some more than one billion solar masses—had enough infalling gas to once blaze as quasars. The final mass of a black hole is not primordial, but instead is determined during the galaxy formation process. This shows that there is a close relationship betwe ...
Take Home #1 Complete the following on your own paper. Do not
... A. Scientists usually work in direct competition with each other. B. Scientists often build upon the evidence gathered by other scientists. C. Scientists work individually and do not usually interact with each other. D. Scientists each have jobs where they study completely different areas of science ...
... A. Scientists usually work in direct competition with each other. B. Scientists often build upon the evidence gathered by other scientists. C. Scientists work individually and do not usually interact with each other. D. Scientists each have jobs where they study completely different areas of science ...
Take Home #1 Complete the following on your own paper. Do not
... A. Scientists usually work in direct competition with each other. B. Scientists often build upon the evidence gathered by other scientists. C. Scientists work individually and do not usually interact with each other. D. Scientists each have jobs where they study completely different areas of science ...
... A. Scientists usually work in direct competition with each other. B. Scientists often build upon the evidence gathered by other scientists. C. Scientists work individually and do not usually interact with each other. D. Scientists each have jobs where they study completely different areas of science ...
Astronomy Honors Mid term Study Guide
... 23. What is the Hubble Law? 24. What are the Hubble Constant and its currently most accepted value ( in the commonly used units for this constant)? 25. Describe Olber’s Paradox and its resolution (explanation) 26. Describe evidence for the Universe being open, closed , or flat. 27. What is the cosmo ...
... 23. What is the Hubble Law? 24. What are the Hubble Constant and its currently most accepted value ( in the commonly used units for this constant)? 25. Describe Olber’s Paradox and its resolution (explanation) 26. Describe evidence for the Universe being open, closed , or flat. 27. What is the cosmo ...
the_universe-part-1
... energy that most astronomers think gave rise to the universe as we see it today. • occurred about 13.7 billion years ago • thought to have expanded within a second from something the size of a spec of dust to the size of our solar system Misconception Alert: Describing this theory as the “Big Bang” ...
... energy that most astronomers think gave rise to the universe as we see it today. • occurred about 13.7 billion years ago • thought to have expanded within a second from something the size of a spec of dust to the size of our solar system Misconception Alert: Describing this theory as the “Big Bang” ...
Galaxies and the Universe - Mr. Jones's Science Class
... energy that most astronomers think gave rise to the universe as we see it today. • occurred about 13.7 billion years ago • thought to have expanded within a second from something the size of a spec of dust to the size of our solar system Misconception Alert: Describing this theory as the “Big Bang” ...
... energy that most astronomers think gave rise to the universe as we see it today. • occurred about 13.7 billion years ago • thought to have expanded within a second from something the size of a spec of dust to the size of our solar system Misconception Alert: Describing this theory as the “Big Bang” ...
Universe Standards - Harvard
... 9–12 STANDARD II: THE PHYSICAL SETTING B. Stated Concept: “On the basis of scientific evidence, the universe is estimated to be over ten billion years old. The current theory is that its entire contents expanded explosively from a hot, dense, chaotic mass. Stars condensed by gravity out of clouds of ...
... 9–12 STANDARD II: THE PHYSICAL SETTING B. Stated Concept: “On the basis of scientific evidence, the universe is estimated to be over ten billion years old. The current theory is that its entire contents expanded explosively from a hot, dense, chaotic mass. Stars condensed by gravity out of clouds of ...
Physical cosmology
Physical cosmology is the study of the largest-scale structures and dynamics of the Universe and is concerned with fundamental questions about its origin, structure, evolution, and ultimate fate. For most of human history, it was a branch of metaphysics and religion. Cosmology as a science originated with the Copernican principle, which implies that celestial bodies obey identical physical laws to those on Earth, and Newtonian mechanics, which first allowed us to understand those physical laws.Physical cosmology, as it is now understood, began with the development in 1915 of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, followed by major observational discoveries in the 1920s: first, Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe contains a huge number of external galaxies beyond our own Milky Way; then, work by Vesto Slipher and others showed that the universe is expanding. These advances made it possible to speculate about the origin of the universe, and allowed the establishment of the Big Bang Theory, by Georges Lemaitre, as the leading cosmological model. A few researchers still advocate a handful of alternative cosmologies; however, most cosmologists agree that the Big Bang theory explains the observations better.Dramatic advances in observational cosmology since the 1990s, including the cosmic microwave background, distant supernovae and galaxy redshift surveys, have led to the development of a standard model of cosmology. This model requires the universe to contain large amounts of dark matter and dark energy whose nature is currently not well understood, but the model gives detailed predictions that are in excellent agreement with many diverse observations.Cosmology draws heavily on the work of many disparate areas of research in theoretical and applied physics. Areas relevant to cosmology include particle physics experiments and theory, theoretical and observational astrophysics, general relativity, quantum mechanics, and plasma physics.