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    INDEX 1) Abstract 2) Basic understanding of Dark Matter 3) Types of Dark Matter A) Baryonic Dark Matter B) Non-Baryonic Dark Matter 4) Observational Evidence A) Galaxy Rotation Curves B) Velocity Dispersion Of Galaxies C) Analysis of Cosmic Microwave Background 5) Search For The Composition of Dark Matter 6) Detection Methods A) Direct Detection approach B) Indirect Detection approach 7) Substitute Theories A) Modified Gravity B) Mass in Extra

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    The Theory Of Dark Matter

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    Introduction- Earth can be seen as a grain of sand on the beach once we compare it to the whole universe. The question is what possible could occupy the majority of the universe, just within the Solar System we can see that the planets are orbiting around the Sun. We can determine where the planets are by calculating how fast the planet moves and where it is at in a certain time. So if the planet isn’t where you calculated it to be at what are the causes? One possibility is that we still don’t fully

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    The Milky Way

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    Introduction Our galaxy, The Milky Way, is composed of billion of stars of all ages, sizes and masses. A common stars, like our Sun, constantly gives out small amounts of X-ray radiation, and larger burst of X-rays during a solar flare. Along with our Sun, stars shine as a result of nuclear reaction that happens deep within their core. Causing chemical reactions that converts light elements into heavier ones and while releasing energy in the process. Energy from the central region provides pressure

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    Black Holes: Introduction: Without knowing the existence of black holes, we would still be stuck with many unanswered questions concerning physics. The most important one would deal with the correctness of Einstein’s general relativity. When studying cosmology, various equations are used in order to explain the different phenomena that it contains, which are derived from general relativity. With this theory confirmed, all calculations appear more certain and confident. These objects are fairly

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    Throughout the lifespan of galaxies and universes, interstellar objects are created and destroyed including stars, asteroids, nebulas, and black holes. One of the rarest interstellar creations are black holes, of which are only found in three forms. These three forms include stellar, supermassive, and intermediate black holes. Black holes are mysteries that were not fully understood until the beginning of the 20th century, when multiple scientist focused their research on them. They predicted theories

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    I Have a Theory

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    I Have A Theory The study of the universe as a whole is Cosmology. Although easy to label, it is not easy to explain. The foundation of modern cosmology can be described as an arrangement of observations, hypotheses, theories using science, technology, mathematics, physics, and analytics (to name a few) to strive for answers about our beginning, present, and future. Through time, many types of people have created stories, myths, and ideas of how we came to be. Until the nineteenth and twentieth

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    Dark Matter

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    something holding the man up there (2). In 1997, Hubble Space Telescope revealed light from far galaxies bent due a mass of 250 times greater than the visible mass which that scientists believe dark matter is the reason for (18). Also, NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory had been used by astronomers to measure the allocation of dark matter in an immense constellation of galaxies located around a billion light year from earth, the cluster is engulfed by a significant amount of clouds of hot gas, from the observation

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    Isp 205

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      You have just won 100 million dollars on that hit TV survival show ``Astronomy Midterm No. 1''. How much money is this?  A)  \$10$^8$ ----------- 3.  In current scientific opinion, Stonehenge is considered to have been  D)  an astronomical observatory. ----------- 4.  You have just won $10^4$ dollars on that hit TV survival show ``Astronomy Midterm No. 1''. How much money is this in real money?  C)  \$10,000 ----------- 9.  Most Greek astronomers believed that the Earth is immobile because

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    Physics Test Questions

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    * Question 1 0 out of 1 points | | | 1. After a new moon, about how long is it until a 1st quarter moon? Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | B. Two weeks | Correct Answer: | C. A week | | | | | * Question 2 0 out of 1 points | | | 2. If there is a full moon visible from Paris one evening, twelve hours later in Australia there will be a _________ visible. Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | B. New moon. | Correct Answer: | A. Full moon. | | | | |

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    Logical Reasoning

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    updated: April 26, 2016 Logical Reasoning Bradley H. Dowden Philosophy Department California State University Sacramento Sacramento, CA 95819 USA ii iii Preface Copyright © 2011-14 by Bradley H. Dowden This book Logical Reasoning by Bradley H. Dowden is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. That is, you are free to share, copy, distribute, store, and transmit all or any part of the work under the following conditions:

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