Solar System
Earth on galaxy
The Solar System. Credit: NASA You ve probably heard the saying everything s relative . When you consider our place in the Universe, everything really is relative. I m recording this halfway up Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Ocean, off the West Coast of Canada. And where I m standing is about 6, 370…
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Latest News on Space
Proposals Include Wind-Powered Automatons and Icy Volcano Divers Each year, NASA funds a handful of futuristic concepts to push forward the boundaries of space exploration. These early-stage proposals are selected with the hope of developing new ideas into realistic proofs-of-concept. From Aug. 23 to…
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Solar system Events
Being a Solar System Ambassador has changed my life for the better. I have met so many wonderful and inspiring people, travelled to some awesome places and have made a mark in my community that established me as an active contributor to our little town s life. I m so proud to be a member of this program and hope I can contribute for many more years to come! -Beate Czogalla…
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Discoverer of solar system
Image copyright Neil James Cook / Uni Hertfordshire Astronomers have discovered the largest known solar system, consisting of a large planet that takes nearly a million years to orbit its star. The gas giant is one trillion kilometres away, making its orbit 140 times wider than Pluto s path around our Sun. Only a handful of extremely wide pairs of this kind have been found…
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History of solar system
Here is a brief outline of the current theory of the events in the early history of the solar system: A cloud of interstellar gas and/or dust (the solar nebula ) is disturbed and collapses under its own gravity. The disturbance could be, for example, the shock wave from a nearby supernova. As the cloud collapses, it heats up and compresses in the center. It heats enough for…
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What Astronomers?
Fifty years ago, in 1966, the Star Trek television series debuted. Given the incredible longevity of the franchise, it seems remarkable that the original television series only lasted three seasons. Each episode famously began with the words “Space: the final frontier.” To me, those thoughts evoke an idea of staring into the night sky and yearning to know what is out there…
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Center Of solar system
Image credit - Wiki Everything in the universe attracts everything else in the universe through the force of gravity, and the closer things are, the bigger the pull of gravity becomes. Things that are closer together pull harder on their neighbours, and since all the planets and the sun are in relative proximity to one another, they all pull harder on each other than on stars…
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Galileo solar system
Galileo Galilei was born in 1564 in the town of Pisa in central Italy. He received a religious education as a child and by his early adulthood was a devout catholic. At the age of 17 his ambition was to become a priest but was instead encouraged by his father to enroll at the University of Pisa in order to study medicine. Galileo agreed but later switched to mathematics and…
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Galileo discoveries in Astronomy
For astronomy buffs, the arrival of 2009 brings more than just resolutions to eat better or live more frugally. The fledgling year has been designated the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Astronomical Union. The IYA, intended to raise the public profile of astronomy…
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