The Pleiades star cluster or “the Seven Sisters” is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and the most discernible to the naked eye. Visible from nearly every location on the planet‚ Pleiades can be seen from the north pole to the southernmost tip of South America. Historically‚ the Pleiades were seen as a group of seven stars‚ Alcyone‚ Atlas‚ Electra‚ Maia‚ Merope‚ Taygeta and Pleione. With modern technology‚ we now know that the Pleiades cluster is actually comprised of several hundred stars
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Name: Jannet Castaneda Date: Sept. 4‚ 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lecturer: Wil Van Breugel Lecture Title: Masks of the Cosmos: Cosmologies since the Beginning of Time Lecture’s Central Argument: How the study of cosmology has increased our knowledge of how the universe was truly created and the steps it took to get from the age of magic to the age of science. Lecture’s Supporting Evidence/Examples: • Our view of
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Series UNIVERSE NICKNAMES OF PLANETS: Mercury – Speedy Messenger. Venus – Morning or Evening Star. Earth – The Blue Planet. Mars – The Red Planet. Jupiter – Jove or the Galilean System. Saturn – The Ringed Planet. Uranus – Father Sky. Neptune – The Windy Planet. Pluto – The Ice Planet. DEFINITIONS: STAR: A huge body made of hot luminous gas that is held together by its own gravity. Compared to other stars‚ our Sun is a star of average size and energy. PLANET: A large body that orbits a
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PHYS1160 Essays Essays should be between 1500 and 2000 words. The word limit should include the text‚ figure captions‚ footnotes‚ but not the reference list (we are happy to see lots of references). You will lose marks for going over or under the word limit. You are welcome to include pictures. However try to ensure that they help to illustrate the argument presented in the essay and are not mere adornment. Your essay should be written for a well informed but non-specialist audience. The style used
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How did the developments in scientific thought from Copernicus to Newton create a new conception of the universe and of humanity’s place within it? The Scientific Revolution was a time of scientific questioning in which tremendous discoveries were made about the Earth. It has been referred to as “the real origin both of the modern world and the modern mentality” (Mckay‚ 596) and caused the foremost change in the world-view. This revolution occurred for many reasons. Universities were established
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reaching a total of 67 so far-53 named and 14 that have not yet been given a name or status. Jupiter’s largest and most scientifically interesting satellites are known as the Galilean Satellites for Galileo Galilei. In order of distance from their planet: Io‚ Europa‚ Ganymede‚ and Callisto. These were the first four moons discovered other than our own and are some of the most sought after‚ active‚ and fascinating moons in our entire solar system. The four satellites Io‚ Europa‚ Ganymede and Callisto
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have to grow. Since population has grown to such heights‚ the Human species now has more power than ever. Various cultures and ethnicities are spread across every corner of the globe. As one of the only species covering such a large percentage of the planet‚ we are therefore In charge of it. Mass communication also allows us to communicate and organize amongst ourselves. Internet alone has contributed greatly to our power‚ as ideas‚ knowledge and history can be accessed by almost anyone. Having so much
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certain light can be seen from it maybe only once a year. It was not only the night sky that was important to the Egyptians. Every being in the sky was important to them‚ including the horizon‚ the positioning of the sun‚ the moon‚ and the stars and planets. Ex; once the Sun had set‚ it
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The Orion Nebula contains one of the brightest star clusters in the night sky. With a magnitude of 4‚ this nebula is easily visible from the Northern Hemisphere during the winter months. It is surprising‚ therefore‚ that this region was not documented until 1610 by a French lawyer named Nicholas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc. On March 4‚ 1769‚ Charles Messier inducted the Orion Nebula‚ M42‚ into his list of stellar objects. Then‚ in 1771‚ Messier released his list of objects for its first publication
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Since ancient times there were rumors of strange‚ unearthly creatures roaming the earth. Most were claimed to be evil‚ Satan’s work; while few were said to be good. Since then‚ there has been a massive technology growth that permitted us to create devices which allowed us to capture images of these creatures‚ called aliens. Furthermore‚ there are many theories based on these creatures; some say they are human hybrids. That they most likely have more than two parents‚ they are beings created from
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