Essays on Astronomy

Many editorials and comments have argued that the Republicans were for larger space projects while the Democrats were for the president in light of the recent development of the space policy positions of the Obama and Romney campaigns on space and platform statements. Only one person in history has ever...

Armstrong's Famous Words: "One Small Step for a Man, One Big Step for Mankind" Armstrong said, "One small step for a man, one big step for mankind," at a time when people had lofty aspirations, pondered profound visions, and achieved some of the dreams that many saw as impossibilities, like setting...

British space physicist Monica Grady is best known for her work on meteorites. She was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, the United Kingdom, on July 15, 1958. As a Professor of Planetary and Space Science, Grady is presently employed by the Milton Keyes Open University in the United Kingdom. She...

How humans relate to the cosmos, to the deities, and to one another can be answered using the Aztecs' vast understanding of the universe, everything in it, and how they all interact. The eternal power or energy is self-generating and self-regenerating, according to Aztec philosophy. It is referred to as...

People will not cease striving to make their planet a better one, even if they appear uninterested in doing so. Humans, on the other hand, are unsure of what constitutes their best or worst performance or scale measurement. Socrates highlights the human confusion of desires notions to be ideal and...

The world, which includes the planet Earth and all of life on it, is a beautiful place to be, but most people are unaware of how it came to be. Furthermore, many individuals are unaware of when and who created the cosmos as a whole. According to theologians, these questions...

When Slipher noticed inclined absorption lines in the nuclear spectra of the M31 and the Sombrero galaxy he made the discovery that the galaxies rotate in 1914. (Read, Iorio, Agertz, and Fraternali 2016). Wolf therefore also identified the M81 s likely atomic range lines in the same year (McGaugh, Lelli ,...

Whether it was the government-run National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) or Morton-Thiokol, the commercial business engaged in the Challenger disaster, these two groups made some grievous blunders. Morton-Thiokol nitiated the project while knowing it was risky to preserve O-ring integrity due to low temperature, which NASA was also aware...

One of the principles promoted by the junkyard planet is the preservation of the environment and prevention from dangerous risks. The globe is strewn with dangerous materials, and the items are recycled to protect people from the various effects of the elements, according to the book ( page 2). An...

Uranus is one of the largest and heaviest of the planets in our Solar System. It has a thick ice mantle and a small rocky core. It is also characterized by a complex system of satellites and rings. The planet’s atmosphere is dominated by methane and hydrogen sulfide gases, although the...

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes in front of the Sun, causing some part of the Sun's disk to be obscured. They happen around every 18 months, depending on where the Moon is in its orbit and the Sun's distance from Earth. A total solar eclipse happens when the...

Neptune is a planet in our Solar System that is often overlooked. It is a very large and interesting planet that has many mysteries and secrets that are worth learning about.Discovery of Neptune Neptune was discovered in 1846 when astronomers performed orbit calculations for Uranus and realized that the planetary orbit...