Friday, March 13, 2009

Are there Aliens Out There?

I do not believe that the galaxy Milky Way holds aliens, I know the Milky Way is very big but that doesn't mean just because its big that ther are aliens on it. The facts are there over four decades astonomers have been trying to communicate with aliens but they don't really have anything to show for it. Even if you wanted to say there were aliens out there it would be nearly impossible to find them, astronmers say they could be within distance of aliens but are nearest star would require 200,000 years of travel. Also astronomers and scientists have found no evidence of life and Earth remains the only planet of life. Another fact fact is that the conditions aren't suitable they are very rough and hostile and with no oxygen you can't survive. No one has ever been able to detect an alien or a spaceship or anything that deals with an alien and even most scientists believe they nwill never be found not that they don't believe in aliens its just the thought as why they would want to communicate back, but still it should prove there is no aliens they have never been able to detect a alien and with our technology being so advanced and still nothing it should give you sign that there is no life out there.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Sunspots




1. Dark spots on the surface of the sun caused by magnetic storms.


2. The number of sunspots correlates with the intensity of solar radiation.


3. Maunder'diagram show heliographic latitude of observed sunspots versus time.


4. New sunspot cycle is when the average number of sunspots of the new cycle's magnetic polarity outnumbers that of the old cycle's polarity. They usually change in cycles about every 11 years.


5. They matter to Earth because they cause temperature changes on the sun, and then that could eventually be bad for earth if the temperatures drop too low.


6. The next one will take place in the year 2019.


7. Sunspots are observed with land-based solar telescopes as well as ones on Earth-orbiting satellites.


8. Tools such as spectroscopes and spectrohelioscopes are used to examine sunspots and areas of sunspots.


Marshmallow Experiment

Average distance = 6cm
Double that for the length = 12cm

.12 x 2450,000,000 = 294,000,000 = waves produced each second

Yes I was surprised by this experiment because the distances apart were almost about the same distance, and I thought that they would be more randomly spread throughout the plate. I was also surprised that some of the marshmallows didn’t melt at all, while others almost completely disintegrated.

Microwave is a type of light because it has wavelengths and frequency, and then when you put that together with speed, then you get the formula for light. And obviously is it is the formula for light, then you have found a type of light.

Bonus
The Earth's atmosphere begins to shield radiation from us. The most important form of microwave radiation in astronomy is called the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Discovered in 1965, CMB comes from all parts of the Universe with the same intensity. CMB became solid evidence for the 'Big Bang' theory, which predicted that the shockwave of the primeval explosion would be still detectable. ESA's Planck mission will study the CMB and thus will be seeing the Universe as it was almost at its beginning.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

What's Your Passion?

My biggest passion is my family. I have always loved being around my mother and father as well as grandparents and cousins. Spending time with them is the most fun thing for me to do. Since I was little I always loved playing games with family members and just talking and hanging out with my parents and other family members. I feel like I can talk to most of my family members about anything, and I also can trust them with everything.
Not only have I been passionate about my family in my past and in the present, but I am also passionate about my future. I have dreamed my whole life about my future and how it will all plan out. I will get a full-time job to support my beautiful wife and children. I need to provide anything and everything for them, and I will do whatever it takes to keep them safe and provided with everything they need.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Rocky planets and plate activity

The Tharsis and Elysium regions of Mars were volcanically active over billions of years, that caldera eruptions were episodic but were especially numerous 100 to 200 million years ago, and that the most recent lava flows on Mars may be as young as two million years. The findings are consistent with previous studies of Mars Global Surveyor data as well as Martian shergottite meteorites that suggest intermittent magmatism from 165 to about 500 million years ago.

The analysis shows volcanic craters resurfaced as little as two million years ago, "suggesting that the volcanoes are potentially still active today." Some areas show activity as recently as 4 million years ago, which amounts to the most recent one per cent of the planet's history. Researchers dated the volcanic features by counting craters on the planet's surface. Since asteroids and other material from space bombard Mars at a known rate, scientists can estimate dates by looking at how the smooth lava becomes pock-marked with craters.

The surface appearance of the moon is largely craters and dark lunar maria. The mares seas were thought to be water from their dark and flat appearance. It was realized that these areas were upwelling lava flooding portions of the moon, leaving these dark areas. Interestingly the lunar far side has very little maria. There is no longer volcanic activity on the moon. This ended long ago when the moon, being a smaller body than the earth, cooled quickly after its formation. Internal heat is generally necessary for volcanic activity.

Tell me about comets






















  • The comet Haley's nucleus is like a potato with dimensions of 15 km long and 10 km wide.

  • The soviet spacecraft vega 2 traveled through the comet's coma, within 8000 km of the nucleus.

  • It orbits around the sun in 76 years.

  • The well developed tail structure of the comet was captured in a image on March 5, 1986

  • The head of the comet is much smaller than Earth.


Monday, February 2, 2009

  • He explains the kuiper belt object and their sizes compared to Pluto

  • Talks about Pluto's moon Charon being named after Greek mythology

  • Describes the objects as being water and ice

  • Tells why one of the objects doesn't take a sphere shape

  • Friday, January 30, 2009

    Scaling the solar system

    Start from F&M bank

    Mercury- eyelash-27ft. roses in the snow

    Venus-penny-50ft. Mexican restraunt

    Earth-penny-70ft. medicine shop

    Mars-fingernail-107ft. barons

    Jupiter-peach- 366ft. end of bridge

    Saturn-kiwi- 672ft. dollar general

    Uranus-grape- 1353ft. kerhli’s farm

    Neptune-grape- 2121ft. airport

    Pluto- fish line- 2787ft. Ethan’s house

    Monday, January 19, 2009

    My first blog

    My name is Ethan Entsminger I am the only child in my family also we have a white German Shepherd named lightning.