hundreds of billions of planets. Let alone the other billions of galaxies in the observable Universe (Kerr, "Alone in the Universe"). Considering those numbers, it is very likely that we are not alone. You could even say it's arrogant to believe we are the only planet able to inhabit thriving life forms. Despite that you may not be able to see anything in the sky at this moment, there is an endless amount of stars with the likelihood of being orbited by additional planets. As specified by NASA
as Matt Damon left behind on Mars alone. The movie is an book adaptation of Andy Weir's The Martian, which will leave you itching to talk about with your friends. There is more to this review than that and lets get into it. The Martian starts on planet Mars as the crew of NASA's ARES III mission are forced to abort the mission as a violent sandstorm whips up. As the crew evacuate Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is struck by an radio-communications antenna dish and is lost in the storm. The crew are forced
whirling through space, must have hummed a tone as they went along their courses, much as a ball spun on a string will whistle. They knew of seven planets: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Not surprisingly, western music evolved with seven-tone scales. Music and astrology come together again in this suite devoted to the seven planets, though Uranus and Neptune have displaced the Sun and Moon. Gustav Holst (1874-1934) was apparently fascinated by various esoteric pursuits, such
People have looked to the stars for information since the beginning of time. There is no way to look up on a clear night and not see the stars. Ancient astronomers recorded the positions of planets and stars. The Babylonian’s handed down this data to the Greeks. This information about the constellation system is still in use today. Stars have been used to predict the future, preserve stories of legends and myths, navigation across oceans, and mapping the constellations. Stars are a collection of
Aliens: Are They Taking Us Out? The idea that human beings are the only sentient species in the entire universe has been a lonely thought for centuries. To think there are no other species that we can talk with makes us feel special, but it also makes us very alone. We look out at all that empty space and wonder, could it really be true? Could there be aliens out there that are just as sentient as we are? Could we find them? And if we could, would we be able to talk with them? These kinds of questions
depression and anxiety? That is about 6.9% of the population. The main character in our story also suffers from this mental illness. The short story, "All Summer in a Day," by Ray Bradbury, is about a group of children who live underground on the planet Venus with their families. They are nine years old and are eagerly awaiting a momentous occasion. After several years of continuous rain, the scientists on Venus have predicted that the sun will come out for a brief period. The children have only
Pluto Specific Purpose Statement: By the end of my speech my audience will be able to explain the history behind Pluto becoming a planet and in turn losing its planetary status. INTRODUCTION: Attention Getter: Growing up learning about the planets my first grade teacher told me, “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies” was a way to remember the order of the planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. Apparently now teachers teach it as, “My Very Educated Mother
Wall-E is set to take place hundreds of years post 21st century. Earth has become a permanent land fill for the population’s waste and chemicals. As a project, Buy n’ Large, a major cooperation company, created robots to clean up the waste. While this occurred, the world’s population would spend their days aboard the Axiom in outer space. At first glance, the Axiom displays advanced forms of technology, but upon further inspection, there are major issues with this space cruise ship. All passengers
“All summer in a day” by Ray Bradbury, is a story about jealousy, this is shown through this quote: “When people hate on you, it's because you’ve got something they want.” All Summer in a day is set sometime in the future, maybe soon or maybe far, and the earth is overpopulated. Margot was sent from Earth to Venus at the age of four. Margot remembers the sun, and for that she is constantly bullied and harassed, since the other school children don’t remember the sun like she does, because they were
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke introduces the readers to a world of fiction filled with mystery, fantasy and sci-fi. We meet characters such as HAL, a robot that makes you contemplate about the value of futuristic technology, and Bowman, who is a trained personal that is part of the crew going to Japetus. The goal in this book was to reach Japetus, one of Saturn’s moons, in hopes of gathering information about extraterrestrial life and connections with the TMA-1. Japetus is a moon of
human to be on the surface of Mars, taking the next step into the dream of humans. Exploring unfamiliar planets, which could have had life or maybe still do. You, the next Neil Armstrong, that will be told about in stories. Getting to be the farthest human ever to go from Earth. All of the mysteries of the Red Planet about to be revealed with one discovery. So far without humans on the planet, we have found water. According to most scientists “water is the requisite ingredient for producing life”(Mars
Olympus Mons is a volcano located on Mars that is around three times larger than mount Everest. The height is a difference from Earth and Mars. There are a few other volcanoes near Olympus Mons called Arsia Mons, Ascraeus Mons and Pavonis Mons. Olympus Mons is shaped with the slopes being highest near the middle and become emptier near the bottom making it not symmetrical. The lava does not shoot up, instead it slowly moves down. Arsia Mons: a shield with a low slope and a huge caldera at its
The mantis shrimp can perceive both polarized light and multispectral images; they have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom. Human eyes have color receptors for three colors (red, green, and blue); the mantis shrimp has receptors for sixteen types of color, enabling them to see a spectrum far beyond the capacity of the human brain. Seriously, how cool is the mantis shrimp? What might they be able to see that we cannot? What are we missing? When I read about the mantis shrimp and its awesome
At some point in everyone's life they look up into the sky and think to themselves “I wonder what's out there.” Scientists at NASA have taken this a few steps further. They have scoured the skies for hours on end in search of the elusive creatures we refer to as black holes. Black holes come in a variety of different sizes such as the small and super-massive. By now you may be thinking, “Where are the medium sized black holes?” Well according to new data, found by those same scientists
The discoveries he proved adjusting the European’s views about the planets and the universe. He completely changed everyone’s beliefs and proved many theories wrong, including the geocentric theory and the Ptolemaic theory. These discoveries paved the way for European scientists that studied him to understand the universe
be the near future colonization of Mars. It will be in the form of a crew log recording the difficulties of their mission, one of which will be life support and habitation on such a long journey and potentially continuing at the surface of another planet as well. My paper will cover supplying resources for an endeavor of this magnitude, the features of Mars itself, and potential terraforming of the Martian surface to support human life. Habitation is an issue humanity currently faces with long term
from energy provided by the sun. As human beings, yes, it is essential for our bodies. We absorb sunlight through our skin and produce essential vitamins and minerals that our bodies need. The sun also warms our planet making living conditions tolerable. Without the sun our planet would be extremely cold and impossible to live on. Plants and animals also need the sun for existence. In fact, humans, animals and plants need the sunlight, for it is the main source for the creation of our food
Olympus Mons. However, due to today’s low atmospheric pressure on Mars, there is no water, no life, and the hypothetical road trip wouldn’t work because you would not be able to breathe. The water-less Mars we know today, hasn’t always been just a red planet. Previous studies beginning in the late 70’s and again in the 90’s detected evidence of water once occurring on Mars. However, a new scientific study led by Sharon Wilson of the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Virginia, shows water on
The author shows that there are certain elements needed in order to support life. Although Earth has the ideal atmosphere and environment for life, it is possible to re-create these elements on other planets. Fortunately, the botanist was the one left behind on Mars in this story. This knowledge would become important in his struggle. Through the main character, Weir was able to make the point that life is possible on Mars, if there are the right environmental
This symbol represents how many planets per star system exist in the habitable zone. Roughly, I think it is about 0.22. The habitable zone is an area where the temperature is just right for liquid water to exist. Water is a key essential for intelligent life and in order for intelligent life to exist, there has to be liquid water. In the mission Kepler, Kepler has actually found 603 planets, 10 of which are Earth size and orbit in the habitable zone, where conditions