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Kepler's Laws In today's world, we have very advanced technology. There have been many new technological and medical advancements as we entered the new century. The Internet allows us to shop, talk, and find valuable information on very scarce topics, and even check stocks with a simple click of a button. Medical advancements had recently been discovered on "The Human Genome Projects," the first gene was mapped and within a short period of time we will have mapped out all the genes in a

Main methods of measuring astronomical distances: Scientist used different type to find the astronomical distances. Cosmic distance ladder is used to find the astronomical distances, which includes five different methods to find the astronomical distances. Radar ranging: Radar ranging is used to find the distance of the planets which are near. This method works by striking a beam of radio waves towards the object, the radio waves after striking the object will come back as echo. So, the time taken

The theory of the universe 's origin centers on a cosmic catastrophe known as the big bang. The big bang theory proponents imply that 10 billion to 20 billion years ago, a massive blast from an ancient and unknown type of energy allowed all the universe 's known matter and energy, including space and time. The big bang theory was first suggested in the 1920 's by a Belgian priest named Georges Lemaître. He theorized that the universe began from a single primordial atom. The idea received major reinforcements

Since ancient times, men have gazed upon the cosmic ocean above our heads wondering what could be out there. In the last 2 centuries human kind has made a huge leap in technology and science, from horse drawn carriages to spaceships capable to send us into space. What used to be considered science fiction now is considered science fact. In 1969, Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the moon, opening the path towards the stars. One problem that we encounter is distance. The closest star

Rainbow Dash glanced down at her saddlebag, letting a monotonous sigh as she looked over the bunch of rolled up maps poking out from the sack. With a look of profound determination, she lifted her hoof and knocked on the door. “This is a public library, ya know. There’s no need to knock,” Twilight said from inside. “Aha…hehe, right…” Rainbow pushed through the Golden Oak Library’s front door and made her way over toward Twilight’s desk, then placed her saddlebag on it. “What 's this about, Dash

In the chapter “Costumes”, Auggie describes the astronaut helmet that he wore constantly as a younger child--to Miranda, the one to give Auggie the helmet, Auggie’s father, who threw it away, and Auggie and his friends each interpret Auggie’s astronaut helmet itself in contrasting ways. First of all, Miranda gave the astronaut helmet as a gift to Auggie years ago when Auggie was experiencing life throughout his early years; the astronaut helmet signifies assistance and friendship to Auggie. When

The Ancient Greek culture has had such an impact on the world that no matter where you look you 're sure to find something Greek about it. Out of all the areas that the Greek culture is famous for there are two that tend to exert themselves into our own culture even today. That would be their Science and Astronomy fields. If one were to look up in a library books about ancient Greek science and astronomy they would have a mountain of books to sift through. There seem to be so many individuals

Eratosthenes was born during 276 BC in Cyrene(present day Libya) and passed away at the age of 81 during the year 195 BC in Alexandria(present day Egypt) (Eratosthenes of Cyrene). He was very well educated as a Greek scientific writer, astronomer, poet, mathematics, history and also he was best known for his knowledge in geography. With geography being his strongest subject, he had an extreme amount of knowledge which helped him become one of the greatest ancient geographers of all time. Since Eratosthenes

The possibility of interstellar travel Many people or even scientists claimed that interstellar travel is impossible. They argue that it may take a spacecraft too much time to accelerate to a speed close to the speed of light. Some people think other stars are too far, and it may take hundreds or thousands of years to reach them. However, as we will show, these arguments don’t rule out the possibility of interstellar travel. In contrast, there are possible method to travel to very far object in

Mathematically Modeling NASA’s Upcoming Insight Mission to Mars Introduction: Ever since I was a little boy I’ve been fascinated with space. Being an astronaut would be out of this world; however, mechanical engineering has always been a dream of mine. Rockets and satellites are of great interest to me, and the future Mars missions are exciting. As I can't physically travel to Mars, the pictures and data collected by the many NASA probes sent there are the next best thing. At first, I thought