Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is a prominent galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from his home in Parramatta‚ in New South Wales‚ Australia. It is one of the closest radio galaxies to Earth‚ which means that its galactic nucleus has been extensively studied by professional astronomers. This particular galaxy is also the fifth brightest in the sky. The galaxy contains a supermassive black hole with a mass that is equivalent to 55 million
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15-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone is the protagonist of the novel‚ who due to an autism spectrum disorder called Asperger’s syndrome has an inability to socially conform in some aspects. As the novel progresses the reader is able to pick up that Christopher likes order and being able to predict what will happen next as it makes him feel more in control of the situation. Despite being mathematically gifted; his condition is the evident cause of his incapability to empathize. Haddon uses short
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The Voice by Phil Poole (Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) by Train).As mentioned before‚ it earned the band some Grammys along with a major portion of their popularity. There are multiple meanings to the metaphors in this song. Some define the lyrics as a way to describe a happy friendship that gets blown off for a love relationship with someone else. Others define it as a girl who keeps looking for love in the wrong places. Another
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Martin. "Lakota Religious Traditions." Encyclopedia of Religion. Ed. Lindsay Jones. 2nd ed. Vol. 8. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA‚ 2005. 5295-5298. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 29 October‚ 2012. Yellowtail‚ Thomas. Native Spirit: The Sundance Way. Ed by Michael Oreon Fitzgerald. Bloomington‚ IN: World Wisdom‚ 2007.
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Unique Chemical Composition Surrounding Supermassive Black Holes The spiral galaxy NGC 107 was observer with ALMA‚ an astronomical interferometer of radio telescopes in the Atacama desert of northern Chile‚ an this revealed an intense emissions from dust around the central black hole in the center of NGC 107. This "Dust" was revealed to be a unique chemical composition characterized by enhancement of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) around the black hole which is possible thanks to the high temperature
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Mayan Astronomy Who were the Mayans? The Mayans were part of the Mesoamerican civilization and they lived around 2‚000 BCE and lasted through to the time when the Spanish explorers arrived. From 250 CE – 900 CE was when they reached the peak of their development. They are well known for a fully developed written language‚ numerical system‚ mathematics‚ art‚ architecture and astronomy. Where did the Maya civilization thrive? They inhabited parts of Central
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two very different objects the person and the cloud floating in the sky. The daffodils have a way of cheering him up with their happiness‚ which he sees by their dancing. The speaker is also amazed by how many daffodils there are. There is another simile in “continuous as the stars that shine and twinkle on the Milky Way‚” which compares the shape and number of the daffodils to the stars of the Milky Way. This makes the distance and separation from the world a good thing. There are several
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-Our sun is one of a hundred billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of bilions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living thing in that enormous immensity. Werner von Braun quoted these amazing words in the San Diego Union-Tribune in 2005. Foreign; owing allegiance to another country; Strange or Unfamiliar; inconsistant or contrary. A person who is not a citizen of the county in which they subside. That is the definition
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If we would simply make small changes to our daily lives or small changes to our homes such as adding motion detecting lights in rooms and outside‚ we would cut our energy expenditure by a great deal. Reversing light pollution is one of the easiest ways to fight for our planet earth and can also help combat other forms of pollution at the same time. The benefits of doing so are very easily understood and accepted. Stopping light pollution could get the ball rolling on defeating pollution as a whole
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Questions 1. In what ways did the speaker liken himself to a cloud? 2. Where was the speaker at the beginning of the poem? How does he feel? 3. How were the daffodils? 4. What were the daffodils compared to in the second stanza? Explain the comparison. 5. Were the waves happier than the daffodils? 6. What does the phrase “a poet could not but be gay” mean? 7. What is the “jocund company”? What kind of “wealth” is mentioned here? What does “show” in this context refer to
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