Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Why is a black hole black?

The image “http://www.astro.ucla.edu/planetarium/graphics/st_images/BlackHole.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.A black hole's gravity is so great that light cant escape from it . Also outer space is black so the black hole is very sly and sneaky on trying to engulf things in its way

Thursday, December 17, 2009

LIFE POST

On the the planet Saturn it doesn't have water because its considered a gas giant and it doesn't have a surface like earth and other planets do. It doesn't have a magnetic field. Its a "poof" planet. It doesn't have an oxygen atmosphere. It has 75% hydrogen and 25% helium. There is no life on Saturn yet.
One planet that may have life in our solar system is Titan. Titan is one of Saturn's moons. The body is orbiting Saturn now. Some scientists believe life isn't on Titan. I agree that life cannot be on Titan because it is not possible. Saturn is unable to have life on it because there is nothing that other organisms can live under these many extreme conditions. Organisms that can live in extreme environments are known as extremeophiles. People are unable to live under any extreme conditions because they can't live in the freezing cold, they cannot live in very hot weather like magma temperatures in volcanos. http://www.whiterose.org/pete/blog/images/avp.jpg

Monday, December 14, 2009

Distance From Earth to Saturn

Space is measured in Kilometers, AUs and light years. AUs are measured the most because there is so much space between planets. Kilometers are smaller uses of measurement. The Light years are the most large amounts of measure from space.
Saturn is 8 AUs away from us. It would take us 30 years to get to Saturn and to do a complete orbit around the planet. Humans are not able to reach Saturn because it is so far away from us and we would be dead before we were even half there. http://www.ohkeepa.net/~amandab/graphics/astronomy/sombrero_spitzer.jpg

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Supernovas

A supernova is an exploding star that can become billions of times bright as the sun before gradually fading from view. In the middle of the explosion this blast may outshine an entire galaxy. The blast can "Throw" a large cloud of dust and gas into deep space. The mass of the expelled material may be at least 10 times greater than the sun's mass. If a white dwarf reaches a mass of about 1.4 times greater than the sun it would collapse and blow up.http://science.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Science/Images/Content/white-dwarf-spiral-wd-03-ga.jpg

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Rings Of Saturn

The rings of Saturn were are made from space debris colliding with a moon. After the collision the debris was then pulled in Saturn's gravity like a tractor beam and was the floating around Saturn to the form the rings. They dont orbit it either. They are just there.(pic on the right) There is a system of these rings called THE RING SYSTEM OF SATURN. In this system it is divided into 5 major components. These componets are the G,F,A,B and C rings of Saturn. F and G are hard to see because they are the thin ones in space, while A,B and C are broad and easily visible. Also there is a huge gap between A and B. This gap is known as the Cassini Division. In addition a spaceship called Pioneer 11 in 1979 was blasted off into space and the ship took pictures of the rings to get a better understanding of what they really were. These pics were better than the other ones the telescopes took. The image “http://www.outer-space-art-gallery.com/images/bergeronsaturn.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Saturn Accretion

The first step in Saturn's formation is it was first a solar nebula about 4.6 billion years ago.Saturn in this state was nothing but a huge cloud of dust and cold gas which was distributed by colliding with another cloud or the shockwaves of a supernova. After this stage the cloud compressed down forming Saturn's protostar. Next the ices from the protostar combined and clumped together to form larger and larger planetesimals. Then these planetesimals formed in a planet of saturn but not the one we know today. It was first a protoplanet before it got its rings. Particles from a moon and space debris collided to go around Saturn to form its rings and the planet Saturn today was born. Accretion is the formation of when  a nebula forms into a planet.http://www.fpsoftlab.com/images/screenshots/saturn-400x300.jpg

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

THE BLACK HOLE

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http://faraday.fc.up.pt/cfp/Members/paccetti/black_hole_milkyway.jpgThere are many black holes in the universe. Our naked eye or the best telescopes in the world cant find them because they are invisible. In my opinion these black holes represent "THE BEASTS OF THE UNIVERSE" because they eat anything up that comes to it. If you entered inside of a black hole you would die because the gravity is so strong you cant do anything about but just get squashed. STAY AWAY FROM BLACK HOLES!!!! These things can stretch you until you are broken in 2. Inside the black hole you are in the event horizon which means there is no where else to go but down further and further into the black hole until you a blinding light which signals death for you. Inside a black hole it really isnt black it has bright colors and some are black. See the picture. Possibly in the future of the universe our sun can possibly turn into either a red giant or a black hole which would the solar system forever.The image “http://www.bc.cc.ca.us/planetarium/blackhole/blackhole.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.