Earth-Like Planet Discovered 50 Light Years Away European astronomers have discovered a planet less than 50 light years away. This planet has come to be known as a sort of super Earth. It takes only ten Earth days to orbit its sun (much like our own) and the surface of the planet is scorc...

The Moon The moon is the most noticeable feature in the night sky and it is also the brightest, but it doesn't give off its own light. It is, actually, reflecting the light given off by the sun. Only seven percent of the light from the sun is reflected. Sometimes, the moon appears to chan...

The human conceptualization of the solar system dates back to the beginning of time. The early Egyptians worshipped the sun as a source of life and then the area called space was becoming a curiosity to humans. Throughout history, our knowledge of the solar system has increased and there is stil...

Alex Provencal April 19, 2004 Professor Mobius Comets: The Known and Unknown Long ago comets were understood by people to be a sword or as a symbol for death, while others thought it was the appearance of the head of a woman with streaming hair which symbo...

Space Rock . Eros Eros is an asteroid but can be called a minor planet. It orbits the sun that sometimes causes it to closely pass as 14,000,000 miles next to Earth. Scientists believe that Eros comes this close to Earth every 31 years. The last time Eros came close to Earth was back in 19...

THE BEGINNING OF ASTRONOMY Early races believed that the earth was flat and stationary, with the sky rotating round it once a day. The early races also believed things that sound weird to us today like the Vedic priests of India believed that the earth was supported upon 12 massive pillars and duri...

THE BEGINNING OF ASTRONOMY Early races believed that the earth was flat and stationary, with the sky rotating round it once a day. The early races also believed things that sound weird to us today like the Vedic priests of India believed that the earth was supported upon 12 massive pillars and duri...

Towards the end of our solar system lies the smallest of all the nine planets, Pluto. In 1905, Percival Lowell, an American astronomer, found the force of gravity of some unknown planet to be affecting the orbits of Neptune and Uranus. In 1915, he predicted the location of a new planet, and began se...

Aristarchus was not just a man of astronomy. He was also actively involved in mathematics as well as astronomy. He used his knowledge in both fields to discover great advances in the astronomy world like the fact that the earth rotates on its own axis and that the sun is in a fixed position and...

"For better or worse , education is a process that involves resvising the ideas , beliefs, and values people held in the past." Education, which play a increasing crucial role in the contemporary society where there is so much information that it is difficult to distinguish the right ...

Evaluation of Sidereus Nucius I feel that the motivation of Galileo's pursuits in Astronomy and stargazing was driven by his desire to be financially successful. Galileo was an extremely ambitious and clearly independent individual whose methods of generating scientific data epitomizes a...

On February 19, 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus was born, destined to be one of the most influential men in scientific history. Throughout his years, Copernicus has contributed many thoughts to science. The Autograph De Revolutionibus, preserved in the Jagiellonian Library, is a result of work of the great...

Known to some people as the father of modern science, Galileo impacted this field in such a way that he was put on trial for going against the Catholic Church's beliefs, because he supported the Copernican theory that the Earth revolved around the sun. The Church's belief was that the Earth was in...

Tycho Brahe was a sixteenth century Danish Astronomer. He revolutionized the study of astronomy before the invention of the telescope. He discovered information that was in disagreement with Aristotelian and Ptolemaic systems. He designed and built several instruments that recorded positions and ...

The story of creation is one known and believed by many, and though has not been proven factual, is harmoniously and readily repetitive throughout various cultures. While the many stories of creation do contain discrepancies, they are alike in numerous ways. In view of the fact that the stories cann...

Asteroids are objects in outter space that orbit the sun, but aren't quite large enough to be considered planets. Some scientists refer to them as "minor planets" while others call them "planetoids". They are made up of rocky and metallic materials. They come in many shapes, from round to ...

Galileo was an Italian physicist and astronomer who with the German astronomer Johannes kelper initiated the scientific revolution that began the work of Sir Isaac Newton. Galileos main interest was astronomy he used the telescope which he invented using optic lenses to see sunspots on the sun loon...

In the Mayan culture, which took place from AD 250-900, many deities were formed. One of these deities was a powerful and feminine symbol of immortality that was recorded in many stories told by the Mayans. Ixchel, also known as the "Lady Rainbow", was the moon goddess of the Mayan cultur...

God created the heavens and the Earth. Before there was ice cream, popcorn or Television there was God. There would be nothing, if God had not thought of it. God said, "Let there be light", and there was light. God saw that the light was good but it needed to be different so he made d...

Many people feel that scientist Isaac Newton is mentally ill. Most of us in Europe think that every day events are controlled by mysterious spirits. Some feel God is pulling all the strings. Now along comes this ill-tempered mathematician who has begun shattering everybody's world view. Isaac Newt...

When the full moon shines it's Magic over Monument valley. Explain the author's use of magic in the literally work. The author starts of by explaining the purpose of his visit. They are situated at the Arizona Utah border that is twenty-five miles north of kayenta. The author is with...

Do Moon Phases Affect Weather? From any location on the Earth, the Moon appears to be a circular disk which, at any specific time, is illuminated to some degree by direct sunlight. Like the Earth, the Moon is a sphere which is always half illuminated by the Sun, but as the Moon orbits t...

In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. Or was he???? For the first time it is now, possible to present the compelling evidence that the Apollo 11 moon landing of July 20, 1969 was a hoax. There is plenty of evidence to support this contention.... Different questions have be...

There are many scenes that take place in a book, some are more important than others. In the book I read over the summer, "2001: Space Odyssey" by Arthur Clarke. A few of the scenes were very important and without them the book would have been a waste. Here are three examples of impo...

Introduction: There are many things in the macrocosm that we have never known of. We know simple things about the moon such as its craters or mountain ranges, but do we know exactly how the moon came to be? When we contrast its lunar surface characteristics with the Earth's, it is apparent t...