Episode thirteen of the Cosmos series expanded on the last parts of space that are still unknown in some way to scientists and casual space enthusiasts. This episode was interesting because it focused on the work of Fritz Zwicky, Vera Rubin, Victor Hess, and the Voyager 1 and 2, all of which discovered aspects of space that were previously unknown or dismissed as fiction. Fritz Zwicky was the most interesting person that the episode covered. His work in the 1930’s was beyond anything that scientists at that time were able to believe. He discovered that stars would appear to flair up to as bright as their galaxy, before fading out. He was the first person to figure out that this is what happens when a massive star dies. When massive stars die, they explode …show more content…
The dying star would shrink, it would be so densely made up of neutrons, hence the name: neutron stars. It was only after 35 years that he made this discovery, that other scientists soon began discovering their own supernovas. Fritz Zwicky discovered more than just supernovas, he also discovered that the gravity of the galaxy warps the fabric of space. This is able to distort the light, and magnify other galaxies behind it. Like the supernovas, roughly 40 years after Zwicky predicted this phenomenon, scientist began discovering this in space. Finally, the last thing that Zwicky discovered that I found to be most interesting, was “dark matter”. While studying the clusters of galaxies, Zwicky noticed that they seemed to be moving much faster than he thought they should, so fast that they should be moving apart from each other. Zwicky developed the thought that something else had to be holding the galaxies together, that this matter had to be at least 50 times the weight of the stars themselves. This idea was dismissed, much like his other ideas. Like a lot of earlier scientists, Zwicky discovered ideas that would be years ahead of what current scientists believed, it was only
The main idea for paragraphs 6-8 in When Stars Explode is how stars do explode. Here are some details: according to the text,“But these nuclear reactions do not make as much energy as hydrogen did. Within a few million years, the star has nothing left." The text also said “So the star's center collapses, scrunching itself into a small, dense object. Meanwhile, the star's outer layer shoots into space at millions of miles per hour. The star has exploded!"
The life cycle of the star is a long process that has taken place for billions of years and will continue to take place long after our star is no longer in existence. In this essay I will be explaining the magnificent process of how a star is first born till the end of its life cycle. First, I will be explaining how the star is first formed in all its beauty big or small. Then, I will be explaining the path of an average star like our own sun will take. After, I will be explaining the journey of a massive star in all its glory till its destructive end. All stars are first formed in clouds of gas called nebulae, turbulence deep within the nebulae causes cores to form as the mass begins to grow the nebulae begins to collapse upon itself due to
The Accomplishments of Edwin hubble Have you ever wanted to study the stars and the universe? Well, Edwin Hubble did ,Edwin Hubble is a famous astronomer who played a crucial role in the field of extragalactic astronomy. He is known as the most Important observational Cosmologist the 20th century. He found out that the universe goes beyond the milky way and that the universe is expanding. This essay consists of the life, childhood, and accomplishments of Edwin Hubble (Wikipedia)
It was Shapley’s argument that some of the stars in the spiral nebulae had to be huge because of how bright they were and that they had to be very far away. He was correct in this argument; however Curtis was also correct that the same stars might be doing something different than what Shapley thought they were. Curtis suggested that these stars could be undergoing something new and different. Today we call the anomaly that the enormous stars were having a supernova. It had been known for a while that some stars go nova when they are dying, however these supernova were a different class by
Wladyslaw Szpilman. The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man’s Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945. (New York: Picador, 1999). [ISBN: 978-0-312-26376-8]
At the beginning Germany conquered Poland and WWII begins in Europe. All jews were forced to relocate and register. Krakow became the the capital of German occupied Poland and was one of the biggest jewish ghettos. The Jewish people were not treated well but the germans during this period of time and although they were mistreated they still did not have a "fear" it of them it was more of a "hatred". Oskar Schindler meets his future accountant and business partner Isaac Stern in a church known for black market investors. He negotiates with stern and men from an enamelware factory that had filed for bankruptcy. Schindler Takes over this factory and with the help of jewish Stern starts to hire jewish workers because they are cheaper than the
Soon Mason felt he was ready, so he exploded! After Mason exploded into a supernova, his mass compressed him into a neutron star. Mason then lived a long and happy life as a neutron star, until one day. On one eventful day, a neighboring neutron star, named HeavenLea got a little too close to Mason and they started spinning very fast, pulled together by gravity. Until eventually, Mason and HeavenLea crashed, creating even more heat and pressure than a normal supernova! This crash resulted in some of the strongest elements like
For most stars the gravitational collapse ends in a high density remnant called white dwarf. White dwarf's existence has been known even before 1915. However the physical mechanism by which the internal pressure of such a dense object was balanced, was a mystery. In 1926 Fowler realized that white dwarfs are held by electron degeneracy pressure. Due to the Pauli exclusion principle, the electrons take up a high characteristic Fermi energy and the energy levels are widely spaced in a white dwarf.\\ \\ % In 1931, S. Chandrasekhar\cite{43,44} realized that as the mass of the white dwarf increases it becomes denser and the
heartbreaking true story of a kind man who rescues 1,200 Jews from the dreaded concentration camp Krakow under the guise of his owning a factory that needs workers. He begins the story as a greedy businessman whose only goal is personal gain. As the story progresses he sees the brutal mistreatment of the Jews and he plans to run a pseudo-factory with all Jewish workers to save their lives. The height of Schindler’s character arch is not defined by one scene, but a slow build of his character. At the end of the movie, Oskar breaks down in tears, having spent all of his fortune and ruined his reputation, with his biggest regret being that he didn't save more people. This shows his generous and loving heart that he gained over the course of the film, a stark
The Holocaust was a dark time in world history. Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals and more were killed and cremated by the hands of the Nazis. There were a few, however, that fought the views of Adolf Hitler and attempted to save some of the victims of his cruelty. One of the greatest of these is Oskar Schindler. Oskar Schindler has been described as a crook, an alcoholic, and an insatiable womanizer. All of this may very well be true, but this factory owner was a hero to many Jewish men, women, and children. When those Jews were shipped to the concentration camp Plazsow, he would make the famed Schindler's list. This list was a promise, a promise to those who were on it, that they would not die at the hands of the Nazis. Since he was known to
Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) is a German businessman who takes advantage of the war to make money. He uses his skills and reputation as a businessman to save the lives of many Jewish people during World War II by hiring them as workers in his factory. Once the SS is ordered to start killing Jews in the Krakow Ghetto, Schindler begins to create a list with all the names of his workers. The list is a tool that protects his workers from any harm by the Nazis so he can keep his factory up and running, Oskar then realizes that his business is saving the lives of many innocent people.
He even became a professor and wrote many books on his discoveries. These two people in The Theory of Everything
“I took no poetic license with ‘Schindler’s List’ because that was historical, factual documents” - Steven Spielberg. Schindler’s List, directed by Steven Spielberg, is a historically accurate portrayal of the actions carried out by Nazi businessman Oskar Schindler, who doesn't hesitate to exploit Jewish slave labour in his factory. As World War II progresses, and the motives of the Nazi party become clear, Oskar’s incentives switch from profit to that of a saviour. Oskar is able to save a number of Jews from certain death through gassing and labour camps. The final scene of Schindler’s List shows the real Schindlerjuden, many accompanied by the actors who play them, placing rocks on Oskar Schindler’s grave. Spielberg’s use of colour, individualisation
A womaniser, businessman and cunning personality are the descriptions that come to mind when on the topic of Oskar Schindler. In the blockbuster film ‘Schindler’s List’, Schindler was an unexpected hero to over a thousand Jews during the Holocaust in WWII. Using unorthodox methods and cunning techniques to save the Jews, Schindler was definitely a character like no other. Winner of seven Academy Awards and praised by critics from imdb, there was no doubt ‘Schindler’s List’ was a big hit. The film was launched in 1993 and reeled a worldwide earning of $321 million from the box office.
Since the beginning of recorded civilization, stars played a huge role in religion and proved vital to routing. The invention of the telescope, the discovery of the “laws of motion” and gravity in the 17th century prompted the