help the earth instead of space‚ we’d be so much better off. 2) NASA hasn’t made any kind of discovery in recent years that’s been of any kind of use to us. Sure‚ finding out Pluto doesn’t really count as a planet is cool and all‚ but how does that help us in anyway?! It doesn’t make a difference if we know how many planets there are right now‚ what matters is that we use our money to help stop destroying the Earth & try to fix the damage we’ve done. It’s great that we have the technology and skills
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very cold. There is no firm boundary where space begins. Outer space is the closet natural approximation to a perfect vacuum because it has effectively no friction‚ allowing stars‚ planets and moon to move freely along their ideal orbits. By comparison‚ the air we breathe contains about 10 billions light years. Stars‚ planets and moons retain their atmospheres by gravitational attraction. Atmospheres have no clearly delineated boundary: the density of atmospheric gas gradually decreases with distance
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1. Brown Dwarfs A brown dwarf is a celestial body that has never quite become a star. A typical brown dwarf has a mass that is 8 percent or less than that of the Sun. The mass of a brown dwarf is too small to generate the internal temperatures capable of igniting the nuclear burning of hydrogen to release energy and light. A brown dwarf contracts at a steady rate‚ and after it has contracted as much as possible‚ a process that takes about 1 million years‚ it begins to cool off. Its emission of
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Comets Belinda Scott Introduction to Physical Science – SCI 110 Dr. Paul A. Belony‚ Jr. | | A comet is a small body‚ roughly the size of a small town‚ in the Solar System. It is made up of ice‚ rock‚ dust‚ carbon dioxide‚ ammonia‚ methane and more. Some researchers think comets might have originally brought some of the water and organic molecules to Earth that now make up life here. Comets become visible as they near the Sun. The tail of a comet is its most
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GENERAL SCIENCE POINTERS BASIC CONCEPTS AND LAWS Science and Technology Science - is a systematic study that is concerned with facts and principles‚ and methods that could be observed in our natural or physical and social environment. It comes from the Latin word ’scire’ that means ’to know’. - is both a body of knowledge and a process – away of thinking‚ a way of solving problems The Branches of Science THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES • Physics: The study of matter and energy
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provide clues: (1) The Sun‚ planets‚ and large moons generally rotate and orbit in a very organized way. (2) With the exception of Pluto‚ the planets divide clearly into two groups: terrestrial and jovian. (3) The solar system contains huge numbers of asteroids and comets. (4) There are some notable exceptions to these general patterns. 4. What are the basic differences between the "terrestrial and jovian" planets? Which planets fall into each group? Terrestrial - four planets of the inner solar system:
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Someone told cronos that one of his children will kill him.. So cronos try to eat all of his children.But his wife save zeus and replaced him with a rock.Cronus found out and tried to fight zeus.Then Zeus killed him and saved his sisters and his brothers.Cronus found out and tried to fight‚but zeus killed him and saved his sisters and his brothers.“The prophecy said his future will be just like his dad uranus”.The prophecy fit the cronus myth because in the anecdote they said‚that cronus overcome
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Planetarium‚ where he was first inspired. In fact‚ today he serves as its director. Neil has a very interesting career. He started out working for the Hayden Planetarium‚ and eventually climbed his way to the top. He was the one who classified Pluto as a dwarf planet. Along with that‚ he has also written several books on outer space. And‚ although his official job title is
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life‚ its components‚ features and its working mechanisms. He gave detail about the biology of DNA‚ RNA‚ cells of plant and animals including from unicellular to human beings. Last part of the book is the astronomy. In this part‚ he discussed about planets‚ stars‚ galaxies‚ and the inevitable forces that has control over our ceaselessly expanding universe. The most fundamental building block of matter was a particles called the atom. The atom is made of very smaller piece‚ known as subatomic particle
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1. What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope‚ in 1781? 2. What V-word is defined as "the ability of a liquid to resist flowing". 3. What unit of measure was originally designed to be one forty-millionth of the Earth’s circumference? 4. What’s sometimes dubbed Biosphere I? 5. What are "human incubation chambers" heated to before Gillette’s odor judges test deodorants by smelling human armpits? 6. What antidepressant is most often referred to by snide shrinks
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