After watching the trailer of Guardians of the Galaxy, I knew that this movie is going to be a hit of this summer. The trailer follows along with the song of Blue Swede “Hooked on a Feeling”, which is a successful attention-getter because it really hooks many audiences. Once the audiences have watched the trailer, this song will hardly go away from their heads, especially “Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga, Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga, I am hooked on a feeling, I am high on believing.” Also, unlike other trailers of
A dwarf galaxy is, “a small galaxy composed of up to several billion stars—a smaller amount compared to our own Milky Way’s Galaxy’s 200-400 billion stars” (Wikipedia). On February 23, 2014, it was reported that two galaxies that had once orbited around the Andromeda Galaxy were merging together. The collision created a stream of stars in one of Andromeda’s dwarf galaxies, Andromeda II. Researchers then observed the stream of stars by separating them into categories and trying to analyze which could
Galaxies are large groups of stars, dust, and gas. Galaxies contain planets, star system and clusters, and interstellar clouds. In between these objects, there’s a sparse interstellar medium of gas, dust, and cosmic rays. There are supermassive black holes located at the center of most galaxies. Supermassive black holes are the largest type of black hole. Galaxies that have less than a billion stars are considered “small galaxies”. Galaxies are categorized according to their shape. There are three
Universe is a collection of millions of galaxies and extends beyond human imagination. After the big bang, the universe was found to be composed of radiation and subatomic particles. Information following big bang is arguable on how galaxies formed, that is whether small particles merged to form clusters and eventually galaxies or whether the universe systematized as immense clumps of matter that later fragmented into galaxies (Nasa World book, 2013). A galaxy is a massive area of empty space full
Group of galaxies. The Andromeda galaxy is the closest full size galaxy to the Milky Way. The Andromeda Galaxy is about four times bigger than the moon in the sky. Andromeda contains around one trillion stars. The Andromeda Galaxy is also the only galaxy noticeable to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere. The Andromeda Galaxy is the Milky Way's larget galactic acquaintance and is on course for a collision in the fututre. It is believe that the Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy, also known
Quasars and Active Galaxies The astronomical world is full of phenomena beyond the average person’s imagination. The technical tools and analytical methods astronomers use are very complex. The enormous numbers and distances are mind boggling. Theories behind astronomical phenomena are based on yet another theory. In order to understand the concept of quasars and active galaxies, one must first have a feel for the astronomical numbers involved. Secondly, a basic knowledge of the tools of the
system of millions in a galaxy of many more in the universe. A galaxy, also called a nebula, consists of billions of stars, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter which are all bound to form a massive cloud in which we live in. Although it cannot be very well explained, dark matter makes up at least 90% of a galaxy’s mass. Galaxies also contain billions upon billions of stars and their diameter can range from 1,500 to 300,000 light years. That’s huge! The Milky Way, the galaxy in which we live in
night and wondered how the stars and galaxies came to be? This paper will tell you about those small pinpricks of light in the sky. It will explain the great discoveries that astronomers like Galileo, Newton, and Hubble made. This paper will tell you everything about the stars and galaxies. A galaxy is a system of millions or billions, maybe even trillions of stars that are composed with gas and dust, which is held together by gravitational attraction. Galaxies have been categorized throughout history
A Galaxy is an enormous collection of billions of stars, gas and dust held together by the force of gravity. Our sun and all the other visible stars in the night sky belong to the Milky Way galaxy. The entire Milky Way galaxy itself contains over 200 billion stars with an average separation of 5 light years between each of them. Similarly, there are billions of other galaxies are existing in our unimaginably vast Universe. Galaxies come in different shapes and sizes. They were first classified according
Introduction At the beginning of the course we were asked to choose a “Cosmic Target”, which is something in space that we wanted to know more about. I chose the Milky Way Galaxy as a single unit. I wanted to know why it was, what it was and where it was going. All of us of course know where the Milky Way is, it is our home. A part of our cosmic address, and up until recently it was the biggest thing that we could imagine. As far as where it is in the universe, it is in The Local group, which is
satellites in galaxies similar to the Milky Way A new discovery may have “implications for our theories of gravity”. The Milky Way and Andromeda have planes of satellites. However, these planes should not exist according to the standard theory of how galaxies are formed. It is important to know why these plane of satellites exist exist because it influences our understanding of how the universe works. By using data from astronomical surveys, it is possible to test a large sample of galaxies, and identify
Future of Our Galaxy Galactic Millenium What Does the Future Hold? (adopted from an article by Greg Laughlin and Fred Adams, "Celebrating the Galactic Millennium", Astronomy November 2001) Not too long ago, we were looking forward to the New Millennium. To many of us, this was an important event of our lives. On a larger scale, however, the New Millennium looks insignificant. "If we adopt an astronomical perspective, however, a much larger and more distant celebration remains on the schedule-the
The article for this research is “37.2 Trillion: Galaxies or Human Cells?” by Nicholas Balakar and it appeared in the New York Times. In this article, Balakar poses a question regarding which has a higher number: all of the known galaxies in the observed universe and the number of cells in the average human body. In attempting to determine the answer, he immediately states that both totals would be massive in number and that it would be impossible to reach a precise answer. There are also several
The Andromeda galaxy can be found to the north of the constellation bearing its name and appears as a “long, hazy patch” (Redd, 2012) in the sky with a visible fuzzy patch of stars stretching about “as long as the width of the full moon, half as wide and six times that length in fullness. This galaxy contains a concentrated bulge of matter in the middle, surrounded by a disk of gas, dust, and stars 260,000 light-years long, more than 2.5 times as long as the Milky Way” (Redd, 2012) containing approximately
Discussing the Hypothesis of a Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way Galaxy There is evidence that supports the hypothesis that the Milky Way Galaxy has a massive black hole at its core. At the center of our very own galaxy is a mysterious source of energy. Vast amounts of radiation pour from this compact source which may be a Supermassive Black Hole. Astronomers found an intense radio source with strings of other radio sources clustered about it in the direction of the galactic center. The
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy As the human race makes life-changing discoveries, it is made apparent that there is always more to learn as the universe, instead of becoming familiar, is becoming absurd. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams, as well as the 2005 film adaption, portrays absurdity to be an all-encompassing system in the universe. Through the introduction and attempt to understand lack of reason, the narration of important elements and the human perception
The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy When first creating the universe that contained the characters and situations in “The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” Douglas Adams did not predict the impact that it would have not only on fans of the science fiction genre but society in general. This book caused everyone to want to know more about Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect. “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” is so significant because it created an impact on pop culture, combined elements of both science
(MLS) team like the LA Galaxy, it is unlikely that the term marketing will come up. LA Galaxy was one of ten teams that formed the Western Conference of the MLS in 1996. The LA Galaxy has been the most successful franchise in the MLS and has several conference and championship wins to their credit. Part of their continued success is the ability to recruit and sign some of the biggest soccer players from the United States, Brazil, Ireland, Italy and Panama. The LA Galaxy teams draws about 23,000
Comparing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy In 1967, Tom Stoppard wrote his famous play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead after getting the idea while watching a production of Hamlet. Four years later, Douglas Adams got the idea for his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck, Austria. In 1978, he would use this idea to produce a BBC radio show, which would be published as a novel in 1979. How can these two works
An Analysis of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adam’s book, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, takes readers on a fast-paced adventure through the universe where things are more than they originally seem to be. The protagonist, Arthur Dent, is thrown from his simple life into an intergalactic adventure beginning with the demolition of Earth. Throughout the journey he is accompanied by his alien friend, Ford Perfect, and encounters a wide array of alien races and unlikely experiences