Clik here to view.
Light and Telescopes
LIGHT: THE BASICS Longer Wavelengths vs. Shorter Wavelengths Wavelength: the distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the successive wave Frequency: longer wavelengths corresponds to lower...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Milky Way – Timeline
The Milky Way Galaxy HISTORY 1750: Immanuel Kant: advocated the “lens-shaped” distribution of stars, or an “island universe” with galaxies like the Milky Way 1785: William Herschel + Caroline (wife):...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Expansion of the Universe
Expansion of the Universe Hubble’s Law, written by Edwin Hubble in the 1920s, describes the expansion of the Universe. Edwin Hubble & Expansion of the Universe – Timeline 1917: Vesto Slipher...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Age of Earth and Age of the Universe
How do scientists determine the ages of the Earth and the Universe? -Peyami Earth Age of Earth Planet Earth is approximately 4.54 billion years old. But how did scientists determine this? With the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The “Zombie” Planet Rises
The Zombie Planet World War Z? Certainly looks like it. A planet though to be buried has come back alive… undead, some might say. Coincidentally, the analysis of Hubble Space Telescope’s observations...
View Article
