Sentences with phrase «about astronomy on»

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(iii) you are a complete blowhard who has never studied one subject of university level biology, never been on an archaeological dig, never studied a thing about paleontology, geology, astronomy, linguistics or archaeology, but feel perfectly sure that you know more than the best biologists, archaeologists, paleontologists, doctors, astronomers botanists and linguists in the World because your mommy and daddy taught you some comforting stories from Bronze Age Palestine as a child.

Beyond astronomy, the more one understands about the physical sciences and the world we live on, the more you come to see that it is too dang perfect to be the result of some random, godless cosmic event.

To summarize, to literalize the apocalyptic passages in the New Testament, is to run counter to all we know of astronomy and the world of space; they are tied in with the then - current Jewish eschatology and Persian dualism which saw evil in command of creation; as commonly accepted, they encourage passivity about the evils of the present world; they emphasize only one side of the message of Jesus to the exclusion of essential elements; they are grounded at least in part on a misconstruction of biblical poetry and drama.

(iii) you are a complete blowhard who has never studied one subject of university level biology, never been on an archeological dig, never studied a thing about paleontology, geology, astronomy, linguistics or archeology, but feel perfectly sure that you know more than the best biologists, archeologists, paleontologists, doctors, astronomers botanists and linguists in the World because your mommy and daddy taught you some comforting stories from Bronze Age Palestine as a child.

Hunting the Right Light Cash got hooked on astronomy as an 8 - year - old, casting aside his earlier interests in dinosaurs and medieval history after hearing a lecture about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Gary Greenberg, a research affiliate at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, took this 3 - D stereo image (cross your eyes slightly until there are three images, then focus on the center) of a single grain of moon sand (magnified here about 300 times).

On the evening of November 1, I joined many dozens of other astronomy enthusiasts to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 100 - inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, about an hour drive from Pasadena, Calif..

To find out more about how the harassment came to light and what could be changed going forward to improve how these cases are handled, Clery spoke with «Joan Schmelz, chair of the American Astronomical Society's... Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy for 6 years until she finished her second term in August, [who] played a key role in identifying victims of Marcy's activities and letting them know they were not alone.»

In a new study in the journal Nature Astronomy, a team of researchers from Dublin City University, Columbia University, Georgia Tech, and the University of Helsinki, add evidence to one theory of how these ancient black holes, about a billion times heavier than our sun, may have formed and quickly put on weight.

So his therapy team uses books about astronomy to engage with him, which makes it easier to work on his behaviors.

Based on that speed, the team is reporting jointly in upcoming editions of Astrophysical Journal Letters and the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomy Society that G1.9 +0.3 expanded to its current size in only about 100 years.

So, I mean none of that makes it impossible that he was also sort of invested in this debate about world views, I just, I think it's more like what you said a moment ago, I think if he heard something, it doesn't have to have been about astronomy or cosmology, if he was exposed to something really different or intriguing or fascinating he would incorporate little bits of it into what he was working on.

Massimo Marengo, an Iowa State University associate professor of physics and astronomy, wondered when he saw all the buzz about the mysterious star found by citizen scientists on the Planet Hunters website.

«I learned more about astronomy, how to conduct research and get some hands - on experience up at WIRO,» says Munari, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering.

«Magnetic fields provide crucial information about the interiors and evolution of planets, so it is gratifying that our experiments can test — and in fact, support — the thin - dynamo idea that had been proposed for explaining the truly strange magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune,» said Raymond Jeanloz, co-author on the paper and professor in Earth & Planetary Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley.

Those looking for posts / pages on specific topics, please look in the margin at left for links to the series concerning the missing Malaysian airliner (flight MH370); about astronomy and space science; and about orbital debris.

My research indicates that the Siberian peat moss, Arctic tundra, and methal hydrates (frozen methane at the bottom of the ocean) all have an excellent chance of melting and releasing their stored co2.Recent methane concentration figures also hit the news last week, and methane has increased after a long time being steady.The forests of north america are drying out and are very susceptible to massive insect infestations and wildfires, and the massive die offs - 25 % of total forests, have begun.And, the most recent stories on the Amazon forecast that with the change in rainfall patterns one third of the Amazon will dry and turn to grassland, thereby creating a domino cascade effect for the rest of the Amazon.With co2 levels risng faster now that the oceans have reached carrying capacity, the oceans having become also more acidic, and the looming threat of a North Atlanic current shutdown (note the recent terrible news on salinity upwelling levels off Greenland,) and the change in cold water upwellings, leading to far less biomass for the fish to feed upon, all lead to the conclusion we may not have to worry about NASA completing its inventory of near earth objects greater than 140 meters across by 2026 (Recent Benjamin Dean astronomy lecture here in San Francisco).

On the occasion of the inauguration, the ALMA partners including the NAOJ, the European Southern Observatory and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory are releasing a 16 - minute movie called ALMA — In Search of Our Cosmic Origins, a photo book, a booklet about ethno - astronomy in the area and two brochures about the project and the contributions of the exAstronomy Observatory are releasing a 16 - minute movie called ALMA — In Search of Our Cosmic Origins, a photo book, a booklet about ethno - astronomy in the area and two brochures about the project and the contributions of the exastronomy in the area and two brochures about the project and the contributions of the executives.

Learn about the tools that have pulled back the curtain on the unseen universe in Radio Astronomy: Observing the Invisible Universe.

NASA astrophysics division director Paul Hertz told a meeting of the NRC's Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) about the gift this morning.

Matthews developed the instrument with the help of Tom Soifer, the Harold Brown Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at Caltech and member of the Keck Observatory Board of Directors, Jason Melbourne, a former postdoctoral scholar at Caltech, and University of Toronto Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Professor Dae - Sik Moon, who is also associated with Dunlap Institute, and started working on NIRES with Matthews and Soifer when he was a Millikan postdoctoral fellow at Caltech about a decade ago.

«This marvelous avalanche of information about the mini-Neptune planets is telling us about their core - envelope structure, not unlike a peach with its pit and fruit,» said Geoff Marcy, professor of astronomy at University of California, Berkeley who led the summary analysis of the high - precision Doppler study using the HIRES instrument installed on the 10 - meter, Keck I telescope.

«Not only will we learn about the formation of the black holes, but these new data from Hubble help us connect globular clusters to galaxies, providing information on one of the most important unsolved problems in astronomy today: how galaxy structure forms in the universe,» adds Michael Rich of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

About the Space Telescope Science Institute The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is a science center located on the campus of The Johns Hopkins University and operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) for NASA.

The committee recommends that, about every 5 years, the National Science Foundation astronomy facilities be competitively reviewed and prioritized based on past performance and future expectations.

Frank Shu, who has done pioneering research in astronomy on planetary disks, the origin of meteorites and the evolution of stars, will talk about reversing climate change.

Chaos Manor South, Possum Swam About Blog Astronomy author and educator Uncle Rod Mollise Tweeting On Astronomical Subjects..

On the one hand, the information about the cosmos are invading all media channels, on the other hand, young people are not getting, in most countries of the world, systematic education in this field, astronomy being removed from school curriculOn the one hand, the information about the cosmos are invading all media channels, on the other hand, young people are not getting, in most countries of the world, systematic education in this field, astronomy being removed from school curriculon the other hand, young people are not getting, in most countries of the world, systematic education in this field, astronomy being removed from school curricula.

Objectives: Students will understand the following: What archeologists can teach us about an ancient civilization The different purposes of the structures in Chichen Itza The culture of the ancient Mayan civilization The important role astronomy played in the Mayan civilization How Mayan civilization developed based on their environment Essential Question: What factors influenced Mayan development?

It was really early on — it was astronomy fuelled by Carl Sagan's «Cosmos», which came on TV when I was about 11 or 12.

I was repeatedly chided both by students and my teachers as to why, if I spoke about astronomy and the Medieval era, about history and so forth with such articulation, why was I not a good student, why wasn't i like one of the teachers» pets, Jane Smith, who was a very well - behaved and nice girl, straight A student, and generally almost perfect; she was on the chubby side, but that was overlooked; she was an ideal student.

Recoloring the Universe is an educator training using hands - on and virtual STEAM activities about color, astronomy, and coding from NASA!

I love art, music, film, cooking, astronomy and on and on... For Pinterest, I'm able to pin images that speak to my brand: I write in the fantasy genre about self - rescuing women so I focus on female empowerment.

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Star Search April 20, 2018 7 - 9 pm Location: Marin Headlands, Rodeo Beach Join Ranger Al Blank on Rodeo Beach to view the stars and learn about astronomy.

For instant, Infrared astronomy, which based on detecting minute IR from the cosmos, can never exist in the presence of 333 w / m2 of back radiations that you are talking about.

Watts wrong on everything keeps blathering about IR astronomy.

One is reminded of the apocryphal tale about Bertrand Russell, who, when giving a talk on astronomy, was challenged by an elderly woman who insisted the world was in fact a flat plate, resting on the back of an enormous turtle.

In astronomy, historically, you wanted to be lucky enough to be gazing at the stars on a night when something interesting happened, and then you wrote a paper about quasars or something.

An article published in the Coral Springs Talk on Feb. 8, six days before the shootings, names Hogg as a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas and features a documentary he made about astronomy students» efforts to launch a weather balloon and an attached craft into space.

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United States About Blog Robert Sheaffer is a writer with a lifelong interest in astronomy and the question of life on other worlds.

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About Blog Astronomy & Astrophysics is an international Journal that publishes papers on all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics (theoretical, observational, and instrumental) independently of the techniques used to obtain theAstronomy & Astrophysics is an international Journal that publishes papers on all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics (theoretical, observational, and instrumental) independently of the techniques used to obtain theastronomy and astrophysics (theoretical, observational, and instrumental) independently of the techniques used to obtain the results.

About Blog Sky & Tel covers the latest night - sky events, astronomy news, astrophotography and observing tips.Keep up with the latest on exoplanets - from hot Jupiters to super-Earths and Earth - like planets, the hunt for the next pale blue dot continues.

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