William Herschel was a musician who searched the heavens studying the stars first as a hobby and later an astronomer. His curiosity grew because he realized he had access to the research for himself. “For much of human history‚ astronomy has been the people’s science…Perhaps this is because the night sky‚ unlike lab equipment‚ has always been freely accessible.” The rise of ’citizen astronomers’: An era of new discoveries and collaboration. By: Joseph Dussault Staff‚ Christian Science Monitor‚ 08827729
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then to deliver a message that simply says “greetings” to another planet all while stuck on Titan – one of Saturn’s many moons. This purpose shows how insignificant Earth is to the universe. If Earth is so insignificant‚ how significant are the earthlings? This rationalization shows that everything a person deems significant is‚ as a matter of fact‚ not significant at all. If nothing is actually significant‚ why should anyone take anything seriously? This lack of significance can be applied to
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gloup ’’this saying on my planet means peace among worlds but going to earth was anything but that’’. My story began when we sent a distress signal to earth requesting if we could land there of course at the time me and my crew had no idea that the earthlings could not understand what we were saying. We came into the atmosphere and were immediately targeted by the defense systems The pilot yelled "four projectiles incoming" I told my crew to prepare for battle but it was too late the projectiles hit
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Becoming "Un-Stuck" in Slaughter-House Five As we begin our epic journey in the science-fiction novel Slaughter-House Five‚ we are struck with an unfamiliar phrase. "Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time." But what does author Kurt Vonnegut mean by that? We soon discover that this idea of becoming "un-stuck in time" is major theme in this novel. Our protagonist‚ Billy‚ jumps to different points in his life at unexpected points in time. At time we find ourselves with him
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Have you ever given up something very important for someone else? Well this book might have some similarities when you gave up something for someone else. The book is called “Boy 21” by Matthew Quick. The protagonist a senior in high school named Finley lives in a town ruled by the Irish mob‚ drugs violence and racial rivalries. At school Finely is called white rabbit for being the only white kid on the varsity basketball team. But when teen basketball star Russ arrives at the school after a family
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Essay 1: News from space (Astronomy 101A) July 1‚ 2013 Cassini Space Mission Sending Pictures From Space July 19‚ 2013 Cassini Space Mission will be in its orbital position ready to collect images as Saturn eclipses the sun. North America and part of the Atlantic Ocean will be in the sunlight. Earth will be visible as a pale blue dot and our Moon will appear as a colorless star-like point of light. Cassini will be in the shadow of Saturn and the senitive detectors will not be damaged
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Unfailingly‚ every girl had fabricated childhood imaginations of a white knight on a fiery steed carrying her away to his shining castle. But as young earthlings begin their embarkment of the real world‚ their innocent childhood fantasies dangerously evolve into fatuous hopes of finding a perfect Prince and a happily-ever-after. In other words‚ they become victims of the Prince Charming Syndrome’; hoodwinked
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Yuki and Anya silently ran through the streets. It was early in the morning‚ so all the reapers were still in their caves. They crawled as quietly as they could through the tunnels beside the reaper caves‚ since being seen by the cameras there could set off an alarm. Reapers were ghost-like beasts that used emotions as an energy source. If a group of reapers caught you‚ then no matter how much you fought‚ you wouldn’t survive. The reaper will pull the emotions you have out of you‚ and take your
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The Humor of Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five has a dark sense of humor that accentuates Vonnegut’s nihilistic view of the human condition. The humor in Slaughterhouse-Five is uniquely dark‚ twisted‚ and overly ironic. So it goes. Throughout the novel‚ Vonnegut would go out of his way to humorously show that the human condition has hit rock bottom. For example‚ take the character Howard W Campbell‚ Jr.‚ an American who betrayed his country for Nazi Germany. In the story‚ Campbell visits
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while she was in the process of being corrupted after trying to fuse with a corrupted gem‚ Jasper says that she has been fighting since she formed because of what Rose did to their royal figure‚ saying‚ “My Diamond! Your Diamond! PINK DIAMOND!!!” (“Earthlings”). Despite Steven not knowing anything of Pink Diamond until this point‚ he was treated by gems from Homeworld as if he was actually Rose
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