Essays on Astronomy

On February 1st, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia re-entered Earth’s atmosphere after a 16-day research mission conducting microgravity experiments. As it descended into the atmosphere, it gradually broke apart over a period of approximately five minutes from 8:55 am to 9:00 am EST, killing all…

Since the beginning of space travel scientists have been observing the effect that space has one the human body. Whether it was affecting the physical attributes such as the skin, bones, and eyes or whether it was affecting more of the sociological properties like the…

Sending humans into outer space to destinations farther awaythan we have ever been before will result in new innova-tive ideas to solve the big challenges that lie ahead. Oneof those challenges is protecting the spacecraft and the astro-nauts from the deadly radiation in outer space….

Arctic ice and sea level rise has an impact regardless of global location. Warming and subsequent melting of the ice caps in the arctic and Antarctic circles, has effected global ecosystems from U. S to Bangladesh irrespective of their geographical locations and features. Rapid melting…

Satellites commonly are defined as man-made objects or instruments mounted in orbit to aid in data gathering for various uses like communications, mapping, disasters amongst others and usually, rotate around the earth as well as on supplementary planets. There exist two different types of satellites:…

How Nike Affects the Planet, Animals, and Millions of People Nike is a company that has been people’s preferred clothing and footwear retailer for decades. Unfortunately, these people probably did not know about the poor treatment of their workers in Indonesia. A couple years ago…

If we want to know that whether there is life past Earth then the fastest method to answer that inquiry is to investigate Mars. That investigation is right now being finished by remote space tests sent from Earth. Many years of mechanical investigation have affirmed…

In Civitella, the plaintiff’s football coach insulted the minor plaintiff, including “ethnic slurs and sexual references” at a football practice for boys ages twelve to fourteen. The court held that there was a cause of action for the IIED claim and noted that the practice…

Introduction Space exploration has always been of particular interest to me. The idea that man can travel and reach remote planets, solar systems or even other galaxies intertwine in my mind with ideas of time travelling, instant transportation of matter, intergalactic spaceships, and reaching the…

When I look up at the night sky and wonder upon where we are in this vast pocket in the cosmos, it is the simpler questions that yield the more complicated answer. Why do we see color? What is consciousness? And if the universe is…