Running head: STARS AND TELESCOPES PAPER Stars and Telescopes Paper University of Phoenix SCI 151 Telescopes in Astronomy Some basic knowledge of telescopes in astronomy will be examined in this paper. For many years telescopes have been used for observing celestial objects. Telescopes have changed our understanding and knowledge by observing objects in the universe. New developments have been discovered based on measuring the wavelength omitted from the celestial objects
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comes to space? Do you think NASA is doing its job or do you think NASA fails to accomplish their goals? NASA had beat Russia in the space race to go to the moon and is still more technologically advanced than Russia. NASA in its whole carrier has had only two major disasters out of a total 135 space launches. Seven hundred and eighty nine astronauts have returned to earth alive out of 833(Space:Overview). NASA's Hubble telescope has reached and seen further than any telescope made for deep space exploration
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The following are US space programs, stations and objects (telescope) that had provided Earth with outstanding accomplishing, information and improvements. Provided below are descriptions of each program, followed with the goals included in them. “Project Mercury was the United States' first man-in-space program.” It was brought upon in 1958 and completed in 1963. Six manned flights were conducted under this program from 1961 to 1963. The life of Project Mercury was about 4 2/3 years. The goals
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The spitzer space telescope was launched in 2003 and it was originally supposed to be a 2.5 year long mission but it is still orbiting in space now! Being made up of three low temperature science instruments. The spitzer telescope is an copper telescope that studies the early universe, young galaxies and forming stars, and is used to detect dust disks around stars, considered an important directory of planetary information. This mission was the fourth and final observatory under NASA’s Great Observatory
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along. The discovery was made using the Hubble Space Telescope which observed the oscillations of Ganymede's aurorae in the ultraviolet spectrum, thus supplying pertinent information regarding the magnetosphere of Ganymede. Due to the numerous similarities between Ganymede and Europa, it may be possible that Europa also has water present or even an underground ocean much like Ganymede's. To come to a conclusion research will
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shutdown their space shuttle program, which was accompanied by a an opinion poll detailing that just 10 percent of American citizens believe there should be more spent on space exploration, 49 percent thinking the same should be spent, 23 percent believing they should spend less, with 6 percent believing NASA and the space program should be scrapped altogether (Whittington, 2011). This was followed by the unsuccessful motion made in the U.S. congress to scrap the innovative Hubble telescopes successor
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and Discoveries Paper Ryan Fagen University of Phoenix HIS 458 January 30, 2013 Stephanie Fink De Backer Inventions and Discoveries Paper The invention of the telescope and the microscope has led to many great discoveries that have been of great significance to us, the human race. First we will take a look at the telescope and provide some significant examples. Second we will look at the discoveries that came from the invention of the microscope and the impact they both had on our development
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somewhere? Was the universe created at a certain time or was it here from the beginning? In 1929, astronomer Edwin Hubble, made a breakthrough discovery that led to the scientific answers for the questions above; he discovered that the universe is expanding. First, I will briefly explain some of the cosmological theories natural philosophers and astronomers were able to come up with before Hubble established that the universe is not static, but actually expanding. Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle proposed
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ASTR 100 Chapter ReviewQuestions – Fall 2012 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Section-1 Check the letter that represents the best answer to each of the multiple choice questions. Answer all questions in this section. Each question is worth 1 point. This section is worth 40 points. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1. In the scientific method, a hypothesis _____. A. is a statement of fact B. makes a prediction that can be tested C. is usually proven
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to use the internet to find out about telescopes and observatories in the US. Show space images and what was found to be interesting about them and also give information on a space mission. The Otto Struve Telescope is a part of the McDonald Observatory. It is located in the Davis Mountains in West Texas. The Otto Struve is operated by University of Texas astronomers and graduate students; along with other researchers from other institutions. The telescope is 45tons, has a diameter of 19meters (82ft
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