dark matter in the summer of 2006 Until then‚ the existence of dark matter was inferred by the fact that galaxies have only one-fifth of the visible matter needed to create the gravity that keeps them intact. So‚ the rest must be invisible to telescopes: That unseen matter is "dark." 7. New Human Ancestors Emerge is the emergence of new human ancestors‚ first‚ in the form of a 6- to 7-million-year-old skull of Sahelanthropus tchadensis - known as Toumai‚ in northern Chad in 2002. Then‚ in 2009
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Robert Bunsen was born on March 31‚ 1811 in Gottingen‚ Germany. He was the youngest of four sons. Robert started schooling in the city of Holzminden‚ and then studied chemistry at Gottingen. Bunsen was awarded his doctorate in 1830 for a dissertation on different kinds of hygrometer. He was only 19 at this point in his life. Following being awarded his doctorate‚ he immediately set off on extensive travels that took him through Germany and Paris and eventually to Vienna from 1830 to 1833. All of
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The Andromeda Galaxy Introduction/Abstract The Andromeda galaxy is the closest full size galaxy to the Milky Way because of this it is known as our nearest galactic neighbor. The Andromeda Galaxy is also the only galaxy visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere. At 2.9 million light-years from Earth‚ Andromeda is also the farthest object that can be seen from Earth. Andromeda is not only known as our closest neighbor but scientists also refer to Andromeda and the Milky Way as sister
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persecution by the Catholic Church for his views on the universe as well. Later Galileo would become the spoke person for the heliocentric model (Kinkel 4). Galileo began to work on his own telescope in 1609 designed after the one Hans Lippershey patented in 1608 (Winschel 14). He designed his telescope to magnify an object up to one thousand time it original size (14). He was recognized for discovering that the moon was not smooth as people believed it was‚ but had mountains and deep valleys
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of Kepler’s Nova in the sky; Galileo debates its significance with conservative scholars. 1606: ·Birth of Galileo’s third child‚ a son Summer 1609: ·News of the invention of the telescope reaches Italy; Galileo develops his own device in August. Autumn 1609: ·Galileo makes his first observations using his telescope‚ discovers uneven surface of the moon. January 1610: ·Galileo discovers four moons orbiting Jupiter March 1610: ·Publication of Sidereus Nuncius‚ dedicated to the Grand Duke of
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Review for Astronomy 2 Midterm and Final Midterm covers first 70 questions‚ Final covers all 105. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Chapter 1 is covered by Q1-3; Ch. 2 Q4-18; Ch. 3 Q19-27; Ch. 4 Q28-34; Ch. 5 Q35-45; Ch. 6 Q46-51; Ch. 7 Q52-63; Ch. 8 Q64-70; Ch. 9 Q71-77; Ch. 10 Q78-82; Ch. 11 Q83-91; Ch. 12 Q92-96; Ch. 13 Q97-100; Ch. 14 Q101-105 1) Which of the following has your "address" in the correct order? A) you‚ Earth
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The Cosmic Perspective‚ 7e (Bennett et al.) Chapter 19 Our Galaxy 19.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) What is the diameter of the disk of the Milky Way? A) 100 light-years B) 1‚000 light-years C) 10‚000 light-years D) 100‚000 light-years E) 1‚000‚000 light-years Answer: D 2) What is the thickness of the disk of the Milky Way? A) 100 light-years B) 1‚000 light-years C) 10‚000 light-years D) 100‚000 light-years E) 1‚000‚000 light-years Answer: B 3) What kinds of objects lie in the
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from Earth with coordinates RA 12h 39m 59.4s‚ DEC -11° 37’ 23’’‚ it is 50‚000 light years across and with an apparent magnitude of 8.98 (NASA‚ 2003)‚ the Sombrero Galaxy is just beyond the limit of the naked eye and is easily seen through small telescopes‚ making it an attractive object for amateur and professional astronomers alike. Located on the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies‚ it is one of the most massive objects in that group – equivalent to 800 billion suns (NASA‚ 2003)
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Research Paper- Black Holes It’s really fun to keep observing with night sky with your naked eyes or a telescope. But have you ever thought that their might be bodies which could not be seen? Well let us think‚ what is Vision? When light is reflected or emitted by an object and it comes to our eyes‚ we can see that thing. According to the Interference phenomena and the Photoelectric Effect‚ light can be categorized as both a wave and particle. Also called as the Wave-Particle Duality of light
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Staff Writer‚ September 12‚ 2011) published an article about the latest development of discovery of more than 50 new alien planets — including one so-called super-Earth that could potentially support life which discovered by an exoplanet-hunting telescope from the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Exoplanet or extrasolar planet that orbits a star other than earth’s sun was observed from the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher instrument‚ or HARPS. By studying the properties of all the
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