Planet

For my whole life I have been taught that there were exactly 9 planets in the solar system. I had learnt this at a very young age and the number 9 had often been stressed to me. I can’t believe the amount of tests that I had failed on the subject because I had failed…

My Theory of the UniverseYou are about to be transported to a very strange world, read on if youdare! The planet you are on is a giant disco ball, rotating clockwise. (Earth)This disco ball is in a place that has two stories. It is on the first storyceiling, but the ceiling is made of glass…

The solar system consists of the Sun; the nine planets, 67 satellites of the planets and a large number of small bodies (comets and asteroids). The inner solar system contains the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars:The planets of the outer solar system are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto: The orbits of the planets…

Astronomy invented the greater part of the Scientific Revolution, and barely one or two noteworthy figures made momentous progress in Astronomy, although church beliefs caught up numerous efforts to make logic out of balanced assumptions that were conflicting to the Holy Scripture. Copernicus’ Theory and Objections: Copernicus pursued by means of a combination of facts,…

Scientists use the Drake Equation to estimate the number of communicating civilizations in the cosmos, or the odds of finding intelligent life in the universe. In 1994, the scientist, Carl Sagan gave a speech at Cornell University about space exploration and the possibility of life on other planets. When listening to Sagan’s arguments, he makes…

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Science tries to explain the world without reference to God or gods. It sees the world as an object, and tries to explain how it moves and interacts. Science is therefore distinct from technology which is a way of manipulating the world. Many cultures had technological knowledge, but scientific…

Human beings are the creations of nature. They drew everything needed for their very survival from nature. The air they breathe, the water they drink, the food they eat and thousands of articles they use daily-all come from nature. Yet, strangely enough, man keeps a hostile attitude towards nature. Conquest of nature is the expression…

In society, there are many diverse issues that raise intense controversy. An ongoing conflict has been between the science world and the religious society. This topic happens to be the theory of creation, versus the theory of evolution. Naturally the science world is backing evolution, while the religious community is strongly supporting creationism. Since neither…

Elwin Ransom, the main character in the book, a professor of philology of the University of Cambridge, is a brave, open-minded man full of curiosity. I would describe him as brave because he acted very calm during the time he was being prisoned by Weston and Devin. He almost seemed a willing captive in the…

Asteroids, throughout human history, have received mixed reactions. Primitive peoples regarded its counterpart within the Earth’s atmosphere, meteors, as the herald of catastrophes; others regard it as a promise of better things to come. They were also once mistaken for planets. Their very names misrepresents their composition, as well as classification. Asteroids have also inspired…