Vulcan for example‚ scientists within the 19th century have fooled themselves with fake observations‚ because they were expecting Vulcan to be orbiting‚ and therefore observed dots in their telescopes‚ even though there wasn’t. This could be caused by their constant expectations‚ or simply a dirty stain on telescope lens. However‚ our expectations do not completely affect our observations we make. Other factors such as misuse of equipment
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of speed and time. “In that context‚ there is nobody better suited to spread the message and philosophy of the 2014-15 biennale than her‚” he added. India joined the elite group of countries including USA‚ China and Japan to build the largest telescope in
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was born in 1564 in a time where society was very conforming to the teachings of the church. Despite his discoveries‚ Galileo was very religious though he tied religion and science into his life. Galileo’s great contribution to science was the telescope‚ however his greater contribution was the gift of awareness and knowledge. Before Galileo‚ it was generally accepted that the earth was the center of the universe. This was not based upon data or facts‚ but merely because the church said so. Prior
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astronomer during the Renaissance and he built on the heliocentric theory of Copernicus. Galileo created the first telescope that could be used in astronomy and he made many discoveries with it. Galileo is credited with discovering the rings of Saturn and four of Jupiter’s moons with his telescope. He even discovered stars that are invisible to the naked human eye. Using his telescope‚ he could help to create a new way of thinking by making observations that were not known or accepted previously
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College and became a Professor of Mathematics. In 1668‚ the first horse race took place in America. (Schmidt) This was the beginning of a tradition that has become a part of American culture. Also in 1668‚ Isaac Newton created a small but powerful telescope that trumped the long lasting issues astronomers had been struggling with. His version did not suffer from chromatic aberration‚ the presence of fringes of color in images produced by uncorrected lenses. It resulted in an unfocused image that was
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the eyepiece of the telescope while an assistant holds a tape measure or graduated staff vertical at the point under measurement. The instrument and staff are used to gather and/or transfer elevations (levels) during site surveys or building construction. Measurement generally starts from a benchmark with known height determined by a previous survey‚ or an arbitrary point with an assumed height. The Dumpy level was a simple device that was nothing more then a small telescope with a bubble level
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Neutrino What is neutrino ? A neutrino is an electrically neutral‚ weakly interacting elementary subatomic particle with a half-integer spin‚ chirality and a disputed but small non-zero mass. It is able to pass through ordinary matter almost unaffected. The neutrino (meaning "small neutral one") is denoted by the Greek letter ν (nu). Neutrinos are similar to the more familiar electron‚ with one crucial difference: neutrinos do not carry electric charge‚ which means that they are not affected by
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about no one knows why the big bang occurred. Edwin hubble discovered galaxies that were moving away from earth. He discovered that most of the galaxies were moving away from earth instead of closer to earth. The hubble telescope was named after Edwin hubble‚ the hubble telescope has so far taken great pictures of galaxies and planets. This is one piece of evidence that shows that the big bang did occur. Galaxies moving away from earth shows how the universe
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Just like earth things change on those planets so if scientists telescopes do not detect life right now that does not mean there was no life ever on some of these planets. If one day we were able to visit these planets we would be able to detect certain physical and chemical evidence of life before. Even a planet that
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Renaissance. For many people‚ Galileo is the champion ’ of modern science. Galileo ’s monumental discoveries were many. He was the first to observe the moons of Jupiter with his telescope. He calculated the law of free fall based on experimentation. He is known for defending and making popular the Copernican system‚ using the telescope to study outer space‚ and inventing the microscope. Galileo was the first real ’ experimental scientist‚ promoting the relativity of motion‚ and creating a mathematical physics
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