Observations From The Spitzer Telescope

Humans have been searching for a habitable extraterrestrial planet before Galileo even assembled the first telescope. Since then, we have identified 1030 extraterrestrial planets, but only an esteemed handful of these copious supply of planets would even permit the hardiest of bacteria and single-celled organisms, let alone intelligent life. Kepler-452b is one of the most speculated planets yet discovered because it orbits within the Goldilocks Zone, or the perfect distance from its star so that surface temperatures of the planet remain stable for liquid water, and thus for life. Given that it is 60% larger than earth, takes 385 days to orbit its star, Kelper-452b exhibits almost every desirable characteristic of a habitable planet. However, it is a jaw-dropping 6 billion years old, or 1.5 billion older that our own sun.

From the figure above, it can be seen that Gliese 581 G has drawn much notice because of how similar its features are in comparison to our planet. Theoretically, the planet can sustain liquid water on its surface and maintain life comparable to that on Earth based on the planet’s atmospheric conditions. The planet is predicted to have temperatures between −37 to −11 °C, which allows the existence of liquid water. Figure 3 also illustrates that Gliese 581 G is reflected as a Super Earth because it has a mass of about 2.2 times the mass of Earth. It can be seen that the planet is believed to have similar proportions of land and water. It is nearest in mass to Earth identified in a habitable zone. These characteristics have made Gliese 581 G one

Even though researches have detected plenty of planets orbiting other stars, half that they found are hot, A-type star are hot but B-type stars are even hotter. The A stars are the brightest stars in the sky most of the stars you know by: Sirius, Vega, Altair, etc.,” says Marc Kuchner whose an astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Flight Center. Our sun is a G-type star, which pretty middle-of-the-road in terms of temperature. If you go outside at night most of the stars you will see is hotter than the sun, more telescopes or getting built with off-the-shelf technology the team hopes to do follow-up studies using the scope such as Hubble and Spitzer that way they can truly study a planet und extreme conditions. Jonathan Fortney at the University of California, Santa Crus, says “The most interesting question is how warm is the night side of planet Kelt-9b might be,” but He notes that Kelt-9b surface temp. is so unusual that he wasn’t able to analyze using his regular computer

galaxy like Hoth super Earth in deep freeze. Also think that distant world with double sunsets

PURPOSE: The aim of the investigation was to further our understanding of the physical laws that govern our ability to receive and interpret information in the form of visible light. We have all had a physics class that at least brushed the introduction of optics, but we can still further our comprehension by experimenting with optics that have different characteristics. Does one axis truly get inverted when viewing an object through a lens? How significant of an effect does human error have in calculating reflection (if any)? How much does magnification blur an image viewed through an optic? How much does the angle of light deflect from a change of medium?

Scientist and astronomers over centuries have been able to greater understand the universe due to the increase in new technology. Space technology has enabled us to put numerous theories to the test. There are several types of space technologies such as satellites, space probes and telescopes that have allowed us to analyze planets and distant galaxies. With the information gathered we can help put together how and when the universe came about.

The government should allot money for the Hubble Space Telescope because they need to keep it operational. The Hubble might last only another year if they don’t continue to improve it. They need to keep Hubble in service to understand how the universe works, so they can continue to find planets to colonize and to fulfill man’s need to explore.

Since its conception in 1958, NASA has been a pivotal organization in innovative technology and space exploration. With inventions such as the Hubble telescope, or the space shuttle, NASA has provided the world with existential research regarding space. With a renewal of popular interest in NASA, the organization would be able to continue contributing vital research in the medical, and technological fields, as well as the future exploration of space as humans know it, and the future habitation of other planets.

"NASA's Kepler mission has doubled the number of known planets outside of our solar system. In what can only be described as a "bonanza", 715 new planets have been reported thanks to the Kepler space telescope's planet-hunting mission. Using a new method for verifying potential planets led to the volume of new discoveries from Kepler, which aims to help humans search for other worlds that may be like Earth."

The Thirty Meter Telescope project “TMT” has become a big controversy here in Hawaiʻi. It is based upon a thirty meter astronomical observatory that would be built on the south summit of Maunakea. The observatory will be 217 feet long and dome height of 180 feet, you could compare that to an eighteen story building. The total area that will be used to build the observatory is an acre and a half from five acres total. In the year 2010 there were three proposals for a new telescope to be developed on the summit, it was stated that it will be sixty times greater and better than the already built and fully functional 13 telescopes on the summit.

The sky has been observed for centuries, with many great minds pioneering the early devices to see beyond our sky and deeper universe. New discoveries about our universe have impacted our lives and research immensely. It could be said that discoveries in the universe don’t impact our life too much here on Earth, but Quantum Mechanics a field of physics which has been utilizing Hubble’s deep space telescopes in the last couple of decades, is the only reason we have modern computers. The main aims to be investigated are; the impacts of the Hubble Space Telescope, why it has been important, the physics behind it, the cost and problems it has faced. All will be researched and analysed throughout this investigation.

Scientific discoveries are made as time moves forward, Kepler 62f has not been the exception in the scientific community. Kepler 62f, is an Earth size planet in the habitable zone of a star smaller and cooler than the sun, located about 1,200 light years from planet Earth in the constellation known by the name of Lyra. Kepler 62f orbits its host star every 267 days and is roughly 40 percent larger than Earth in size, the size of Kepler 62f is known, but its mass and composition are not. However, based on previous scientific discoveries of similar size landmarks that are rocky, scientists are able to determine its mass by association of scale. Very much similar to our solar system, Kepler 62 is home to possible habitable zone worlds; Kepler

I wish to go to the NASA Goddard Space Center in late June. I have always been interested in space, stars, planets, and the NASA programs; I did a semester class on Astronomy. I love looking at stars and planets with my parents and friends. We have attended several speeches by astronauts including just recently at AWC with Astronaut Mike Foreman. Last year Yuma Girl Scouts provided a night under the stars event for the Girl Scouts. There were so many families that attended; we only saw a few stars with the two telescopes. We clearly have an interest in astronomy within Yuma Girl Scouts.

We now focus our attention on the formation of one particular planet, one that is so far unlike any other in the universe, Earth.

“The Hubble, has given us nothing less than an ontological awakening, a forceful reckoning with what is the telescope compels the mind to contemplate space and time on a scale just shy of the infinite.” implied Ross Anderson, an engineer. With this one telescope, created by a normal astronomer, scientists and astronomers are able to see space as never seen before. They are able to make mind boggling observations that contemplate space to an infinite scale. Thousands of discoveries about space have been observed through this lense and without the magnitude of high level instruments compiled into this large instrument most of these observations would never have been discovered. As proposed by Floyd E. Bloom a researcher, on izquotes.com, “As