Could be host to habitable planets
Star Astronomy News Photo courtesy of NASA
Binary star systems – Astronomers taking part in the human journey to the beginning of space and time have found star systems the human mind never imagined out among the stars. In fact, they have found that star systems with multiple stars are more common than star systems with a single star, like our own solar system. Star systems with multiple stars of varying sizes have also been viewed during the human journ... Continue reading ...
Spitzer Detects Message from Guardians of the Universe?
Posted by Warren Wong on Sunday, July 3, 2011,
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Green Lantern's emerald ring beams across space and time
Visitors from the stars have often been the main characters in myths, legends, comic book adventures and books and movies created by humans throughout the ages of mankind. Considering the diminutive knowledge humans have of space and time this choice provides the perfect context for adventure and the unknown. The Green Lantern is one of the most popular and beloved DC Comics heroes of all time and more recently a full length feature... Continue reading ...
Science is the Answer to Many of our Problems?
The results of NASA's 18th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race and American schools were once again beaten by racers from the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao and Teodoro Aguilar Mora Vocational High School Team II of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico for the second straight year. The closest American team was the team from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, who finished second in the college division competition, while a number of American teams placed third in the competitions.
You can bet this has t... Continue reading ...
The Women of NASA: Things That Don't Kill You Make You Stronger
Women like Andrea Meyer are part of a new breed of women taking their place in the annals of space history and the human journey to the beginning of space and time. A breed of tough minded, can't-keep-me-down individuals use to people telling they have no chance of success, women like Andrea are big believers in the saying everything happens for a reason. This tough minded lady survived a plane crash years ago that sent her down the path to becoming the program analyst in the Office of the Ch... Continue reading ...
The Women of the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A career in the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration opens doors to a world of exploration and discovery more and more people from around the world are deciding to enter every year. Women and men around all corners of the globe come to NASA to join in the exploration of the universe and the world around us and try to delve deeper than their predecessors into the mysteries surrounding us.
This series of articles is on the women of NASA, their journey from an inspired young w... Continue reading ...
The Ultimate Fate of Our Sun
Posted by Warren Wong on Saturday, November 27, 2010,
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the sun
Astronomy for Kids
Question Period
What's the ultimate fate of our sun? How will the sun end its days?
The ultimate fate of our sun, like all of the stars in the Milky Way, is tied to its life cycle. The two main processes astronomers theorize in the life cycle of our sun as being mainly responsible for the ultimate fate of our sun being the fusion of lighter elements into heavier elements and the loss of the sun's mass in a second process that begins after the first is completed.
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Water On, Water Off
Posted by Warren Wong on Saturday, November 13, 2010,
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Mars
- Where did all the water go? What water? NASA photo.
More evidence for the case for the presence of water on the Red Planet
Planetary scientists taking a second look at a Mars outcropping first examined by NASA's Spirit Mars Rover back in 2005 think there could be additional evidence for water on large areas of Mars. In specific, planetary scientists have found high concentrations of carbonate, a mineral that scientists have previously shown to originate in wet conditions that diss... Continue reading ...
The Moving Universe
- The Earth is moving relative to everything else in the universe
Everything on your journey to the beginning of the universe is moving relative to everything else in the universe
- The Earth rotates on its axis
Staring upward at the night sky above you at first get the notion you're stationary in the universe, but nothing could be further from the truth. The Earth beneath you is spinning on its axis at 1000 km/hr, orbiting Sol at 100,000 km/hr, the Milky Way Galaxy at 800,000 km/h... Continue reading ...
The Spinning Earth
Posted by Warren Wong on Wednesday, November 10, 2010,
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- The earth rotates on its axis in about 24 hours, give or take a few minutes
The Earth rotates on its axis each day
- The Earth goes through a number of different positions which astronomers have measured
The Earth is constantly in motion relative to everything around it and rotates on its axis once every day and orbits Sol once per year. The Earth's axis is defined as an imaginary line connecting the North and South poles and passing through the center of the planet. The Ea... Continue reading ...
The Earth's Movements: Spaceshipearth1's Orbit
- The combination of the Earth's movements help to create the seasons and environment of Spaceshipearth1. Photos courtesy of Google.
The Earth's orbit around Sol and other things
- A little seasoning anyone!
The Earth beneath you and the night sky above you are both moving relative to each other and you, and the universe around you. The Earth not only spins counterclockwise on its axis, but also orbits Sol about once every 365 spins on its axis, give or take a few minutes... Continue reading ...
Explore the Celestial Zoo of Pulsars
Posted by Warren Wong on Friday, November 5, 2010,
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- The Crab Nebula was one of the first pulsars viewed during the human journey to the beginning of the universe. Photos NASA.
Browsing through a popular and well-read book on astronomy from the 1980s, one might get the idea astronomers have pierced the veil of secrecy surrounding stellar bodies we refer to as neutron stars. Astronomers and star gazers have boarded their time-machine-to-the-stars to journey to exotic parts of space and time to view these strange celestial bodies for decad... Continue reading ...
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