several planets‚ those that are visible to the naked eye‚ and with out the aids that modern technology allow us‚ had been identified "before recorded history"‚ as an article about the discovery in "Science and It’s Times" explains (Schlager 1). Hershel‚ as a budding astronomer‚ had a desire to explore more that what the naked eye‚ or his weak telescopes‚ could offer him‚ so he began experimenting to craft new‚ more powerful instruments. These more powerful
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“Since we cannot change reality‚ let us change the eyes which see reality” -Nikos Kazantzakis. Nicolaus Copernicus battled with the powerful church to change the minds that believed Earth is the center of the universe therefore he changed today’s reality. The heliocentric theory proposed in 1543 revolutionized the scientific world throughout Europe socially by sparking a scientific revolution and religiously by causing a major conflict between theologians and astronomers. The Idea of heliocentrism
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might not be able to travel through space and explore new planets. A planet that scientists have been heavily studying is Mars mostly because they have found that there was once life on Mars. The facts lie within science‚ but has the government been lying about life on Mars this whole time? Is there already human inhabitants on Mars creating a second Earth for when Earth is completely depleted of natural resources? Mars is the only planet in our Solar System‚ other than Earth‚ that can withhold life
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is focusing on how to make Mars livable for humans. Kunzig also wants his readers to know how will NASA transform Mars into a planet like Earth‚ by using a timeline. He actually agree on his topic‚ he believes that Mars can also be like Earth‚ a habitable and safe planet. Adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere will actually make the planet warm‚ and here on our planet‚ we know how to do it. Kunzig also asked for others’ opinion namely‚ Chris McKay‚ a planetary scientist in NASA‚ James Graham
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Drake equation allows scientists to calculate the uncertain number of factors which may determin possible extraterrestrial civilizations. Frank Drake looks to answer the question “ How many planets might have life?” The equation highly involves the fraction of stars that have planets and the number of planets that could support
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After Apollo 11 succeeded in the first manned mission to land on the Moon in 1969‚ people’s interests were gradually leaving the Moon and went on to Mars‚ which is the most similar planet to Earth in the solar system. In such a current of public opinion‚ the U.S. and other countries have been trying to send human beings to Mars. However‚ today‚ there is a debate as to whether we should continue making efforts to send mankind to Mars‚ or not. Some people say that it is not worth the expense and
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But takes about 15 months to come to the earth. The NASA said this data transfer process always will be slow. The NASA team said that the New Horizons can store as much as data and information about Pluto planet and its moon. From this mission the flyby process will last from the month September‚ 2018 through the January 2019. After that it will probably take 20 months to beam the flyby data to the home. About half of the flyby data and information has come
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story is set on the planet of Venus‚ where the rain never stops. The scene is pale and bleak. There are dark clouds rumbling across the sky. Everything is colored in a shade of gray‚ except for the bright blue lightning. The story begins with a group of men‚ led by a lieutenant‚ who are trying to find their way to a sundome. Sundomes are buildings build with a source of light and heat resembling a sun. These are the only dry‚ safe‚ and warm places on the rainy planet. I think that the sundomes
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topic that puzzles it. Throughout history‚ society has always gone by the fact that there are eight planets in our solar system‚ but recent discoveries prove that a ninth planet should be present. This is a perfect example of how space continually confuses mankind by instantly changing a fact that mankind has believed in for centuries. Recent discoveries have also altered the idea of life on other planets in our solar system. Disproving yet again‚ an idea that mankind has thought to be impossible. The
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watched the moon and stars planets as well as Venus and Mars how they all flew past the skies‚ so very far viewing such a miraculous sight was not of par Yet there was one planet near Venus he could not name it irritated him‚ like a shirt with a stain ‘twas closest to the sun‚ it orbits it; its duty never done he decided to call it Mercury‚ it knew its path‚ yet its mind was filled with uncertainty He continued to watch the skies until they faded away the planets‚ no longer visible‚ to
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