The Large Hadron Collider – Will the findings benefit humankind? The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s most powerful particle accelerator. The LHC project started on 10 September 2008 and is made up of a 27-kilometer ring of superconducting magnets‚ with accelerating structures that help boost the energy of particles along the way of the magnet. The LHC was built in collaboration of 10 000 scientists and engineers from 100 countries. The LHC can be found in a 27-kilometer tunnel (in circumference)
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Protostar This is the stage in which the star begins to form after the collapse of the interstellar cloud. It happens in small molecular clouds that can be referred to as dense cores. In the beginning the dense core has a level of balance between its own gravitational forces (self-gravity)‚ and both the magnetic pressure‚ and gas pressure. The self-gravity acts to compress the dense core‚ while the gas‚ and magnetic pressures act to inflate it. The core’s self-gravity will eventually overwhelm it
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Introduction In order to further understand the relationship between temperature‚ radiation‚ and energy output we conducted a black body experiment in order to experimentally confirm the Stefan-Boltzmann constant. A black body is an object which allows all entering radiation‚ without reflection‚ to enter the object‚ absorbs all of the radiation‚ and subsequently releases radiation based on its own constant temperature. Another key factor is this absorption happens at all various wavelengths and
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The world we live in today is far more complex and variegated‚ compared to past civilizations and cultures. As time passed‚ the world population increased and a variety of completely diverse cultures formed. Even though some cultures are completely different‚ every single one of them has two things in common‚ a past history and some form of a belief system. Among all of the cultures in this world‚ one of the most unique and fascinating are the Native Americans. The ancestors of today’s Native Americans
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The Perseid Meteor Shower (pur-see-id) is one of the most famous meteor showers. This is not only because of the exceedingly high amount of meteors‚ but also due to its lengthy appearance in the night sky. The Perseids can occupy the sky for up to six weeks between the middle of July and the end of August. The Perseids can be seen when Earth passes through Comet Swift-Tuttle‚ however‚ the most meteors will be visible when Earth passes through the densest‚ dustiest area of Swift-Tuttle. The
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A long‚ long time ago‚ there was one massive rock in the middle of the universe. All of a sudden‚ the rock exploded and pieces flew everywhere. These pieces started to flame up. They were called stars. The ones that weren’t on fire were called planets. There was a very unusual thing that happened on one of the planets called Earth. There was a man that appeared out of nowhere and he had a very special power. He could create anything that he wanted on command. This man’s name was Dadquois Earth was
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Description of the Event In a concurrence that still has NASA specialists shaking their heads‚ a small asteroid completely unrelated to 2012 DA14 struck Earth only hours before the publicized event. The impactor flew unexpectedly‚ literally from the direction of the sun where no telescope could see it‚ and took everyone by surprise as the meteor speckled across the sky above Russia’s Ural Mountains. The large fireball was observed on the morning of Feb. 15‚ 2013‚ in the skies near Chelyabinsk‚
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The Vega star has many different characteristics and properties when compared to other stars. The star is a white main sequence star‚ meaning in is in class A. The Vega is a blue to white star with a temperature of approximately 17‚000 F (9‚500 C) and is already 455 million years old. It is surrounded by a large disc of dust and debris‚ which may be from that planetary collisions. The Vega star is 25 light years away from the earth and the mass is 2.1 times bigger than the sun’s mass. Also compared
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The stripes of Jupiter go deep under the surface‚ reveals Juno probe A new discovery has been made about planet Jupiter’s stripes and the findings suggest that the stripes are much deeper than scientists had previously thought. NASA’s Juno probe has revealed many interesting facts about Jupiter‚ reports Space.com. The probe says that the bold and colorful stripes run deep down the surface of the planet. They are actually clouds‚ which optical light cannot penetrate and thus‚ it is difficult to detect
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ASTEROIDS Did you know that there are really millions of planets orbiting the Sun? Apart from nine “proper” planets‚ there are a few million‚ minor ones‚ called asteroids. These are different chunks of rock‚ which range from specks of dust to those which are a few kilometres across. Most of them travel in an orbit between Mars and Jupiter called the asteroid belt. Others follow different orbits. In the 18th century‚ astronomers were convinced that a missing world existed between Mars and Jupiter
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