From the Large Scale Universe to The Milky Way Jason Norton SCI/151 Benjawan Kjornrattanawanich May 28‚ 2012 Cosmology is the study of the universe as a whole. Describe the foundation of modern cosmology. Cosmology is the branch of study in relation to the origin and nature of the universe (Farlex‚ 2012). The thoughts
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Large Scale Universe to Milky Way SCI/151 07/07/12 Cosmology‚ as defined by Encarta Dictionary is “the philosophical study of the nature of the universe.” This concern with viewing the universe and its vast issues and meaning takes the mind into a mysterious spectrum. The very foundation of Cosmology began with Astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1929. He discovered that other galaxies existed in the universe and determined that these galaxies were moving away from each other at a rate that was constant
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Large-Scale Universe to The Milky Way The Birth of Modern Cosmology Cosmology is the study of the structure and evolution of the universe (Bennett‚ Donahue‚ Schneider‚ & Voit‚ 2010). Edwin Hubble is often credited with the birth of modern cosmology. He discovered that the Andromeda galaxy was in fact a separate galaxy from the Milky Way. By comparing various photographs taken over several nights and measuring the Cepheids and their luminosities‚ Hubble’s discovery changed the way we view
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A - 9H January 12‚ 2012 Finding the Milky Way I often gaze into the night sky only to find bright lights and strange shapes I don’t understand. Starting at a young age‚ I enjoyed waiting for shooting stars and searching for the famous Big Dipper consolation as many nights as I could. As I grew older‚ I learned more and more about the universe and all that it contains. Today‚ I am even more intrigued by‚ not just the universe‚ but our very own Milky Way galaxy. I am amazed by its complicated
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Professor - The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the Earth. This name derives from its appearance as a dim milky glowing band stretching across the night sky‚ in which the naked eye cannot distinguish individual stars. The term Milky Way is a translation of classical Latin ____ from the Hellinistic Greek‚ Milky Circle. The Milky Way appears like a band disk-shaped structure being viewed from inside. The fact that this faint band of light is made up of stars in 1610 when Galileo Galilei used
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One of the most intriguing parts of the universe is our knowledge of the wondrous Milky Way. The foggy band of white light has been proven to be the home of our Solar System. There are so many different aspects that make the Milky Way so amazing. Its structure‚ age‚ surrounding galaxies and clusters‚ mythology‚ and existence of life throughout it make the Milky Way so great. The Milky Way is the immense‚ spiral galaxy which is home of our solar system with around 400 billion other stars and their
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“Beyond the Milky Way” “The History of the Hubble Telescope” By: Steven Radziul DeVry University Since the Age of Man and Woman‚ We have been staring up into the sky‚ wondering clearly what is out there. The stars and planets have always been our close neighbors‚ from navigation‚ to philosophy and even religion‚ the stars and planets have always been our friend. Man has stood to the highest peak staring out into the sky‚ wondering clearly to see what is out there. He has invented instruments
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medium of gas and dust‚ and dark matter. The name is from the Greek root galaxias [γαλαξίας]‚ meaning "milky‚" a reference to the Milky Way galaxy. Typical galaxies range from dwarfs with as few as ten million (107) stars up to giants with one trillion (1012) stars‚ all orbiting a common center of mass. Galaxies can also contain many multiple star systems‚ star clusters‚ and various interstellar clouds. The Sun is one of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy; the Solar System includes the Earth and all
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Hubble’s law predict about the speed of a galaxy far away from the Milky Way compared to one that is closer? Hubble’s law predicted that galaxies were moving away from earth at a rate proportional to their distance from us. The farther away from the Milky Way a galaxy is‚ the larger the redshift is. The farther away a galaxy is‚ the faster it is moving away. Conversely‚ blueshifted galaxies‚ such as Andromeda‚ are moving closer to the Milky Way. 2. In a few sentences‚ describe Hubble’s two major
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Summery Analysis The Milky Way is the earths’ galaxy and it’s happening’s hold the interest of many scientists. In Daryl Haggard and Geofrey C Bower’s article “Into the Heart of the Milky Way” they discuss a phenomena that was discovered in the nucleus of the Milky Way only forty years ago which is a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A* right in the core. Throughout the article the author’s explain many unpredictable events that have been observed. The article begins by explaining the G2
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