Astronomy & Space - May 2007

what would you wish for???

2007-05-22 02:13:33 · 11 answers · asked by Boobah 1

does anyone really know much about this whole thign with the world ending on december 12, 2012? i have heard a little but would like to know more

2007-05-22 02:02:22 · 9 answers · asked by emmygirly7 2

2007-05-22 01:49:49 · 3 answers · asked by mcr_concert_luva 2

add websites and other sources, thanks

2007-05-22 01:36:21 · 1 answers · asked by beholder of answers 2

2007-05-22 01:34:59 · 5 answers · asked by mcr_concert_luva 2

2007-05-22 01:03:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to know how many companies worked on /were associated with Apollo 11 and whether we have their names?

2007-05-22 00:59:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm a lil curious with these things. i never actually seen any but dreamt that i did. has anyone seen UFO's what are they like?

2007-05-22 00:45:39 · 42 answers · asked by laughing_stock 1

2007-05-21 23:43:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

if the space shuttle suddenly became disabled in space how long could it survive?

2007-05-21 23:33:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-21 23:23:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-21 21:31:10 · 7 answers · asked by Roxy 1

2007-05-21 19:27:05 · 6 answers · asked by gary b 1

someone told me it would be made of silk from spiders

2007-05-21 19:24:10 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Stephen Hawking talks about observing Singularity by giving example of Astronaut who falls in a blackhole... If you have read Brief History of Time, chapter of Black Hole... please tell me what does he mean by this...

"There are some solutions of the equations of general relativity in which it is possible for our astronaut to see a naked
singularity: he may be able to avoid hitting the singularity and instead fall through a "wormhole” and come out in another
region of the universe."

2007-05-21 19:23:12 · 2 answers · asked by Honest christian 2

Shooting stars!
Get it?!

2007-05-21 18:41:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's fascinating that objects that are so massive seem to hover effortlessly in space. If something the mass of the sun was placed on earth, what would happen? Does gravity cause it to sink to the earth's center? Can gravity explain why everything floats around in weightless space relative to each other?

Sorry for the multi-part question. I will award a best answer to anyone who best answers any one of these questions. Thanks!

2007-05-21 17:39:37 · 10 answers · asked by smallbluepickles 5

What will we do when we use up all of our natural resources, over populate, and completely pollute our planet? Of course we will try to develop renewable fuels, keep building new homes, and recycle more trash. But what if we have lead our world to complete chaos, what if we have no place to go? Our next way out is moving out, in other words, building colonies in space. Developing housing in unknown areas can be risky but there would be endless space for shelter. So the sooner we start the more beneficial it will be for not only us, but for future generations.
If we start developing technology in space that can end up as a mass transit network then we need to start development now. We can start renewing energy by using massive solar panels as big as entire cities, making enormous generators that will float literally in the middle of nowhere, and hydrogen powered vehicles and buildings. The reason why we should use solar panels the size of cites is because in space, no matter what might happen, there will always be sunlight in space. Large floating generators can be powered by themselves by using low powered motors to spin the turbines, using only a fraction of the energy they produce on reproduction of electricity. Using hydrogen is another way of renewability because hydrogen is found in water, and Earth has an overabundance of water. If we can extract hydrogen from water at low costs and at a high rate, that will be considered a renewable resource for decades, if not centuries. Using renewable resources will keep us from polluting Earth even more, and in space, we don’t know what pollution can do in space, so it would be best to keep emissions down and keep income at a high rate.
What will happen if we overpopulate Earth? We will either have to live in apartments while neighborhoods with lots of land will be destroyed and turned into cities. If we stay on Earth long enough, we will end up living with our neighbors in our faces. No matter how rich someone may be they will have to live with or near a highly prolific family with children crying at night and with criminals lurking in the shadows. Wouldn’t it be nice to live in an isolated place with peaceful neighbors, a perfect view of the stars above, below and around? Of course it will, when we slowly and unsuccessfully turn Earth into a colossal slum. Highly ranked people in our society or just people who love peace will have to move to a peaceful place or they will turn into the slum itself. With the enormous size of the planet it may seem like a while until people will overpopulate Earth, but it is closer than we might think or even want to think, because new families will always be established, and the population will constantly increase. We will need to move out into space, build colonies there and perhaps make cities out of space stations. Homes in space might be built on land like the moon or they might be like satellites, orbiting planets and other larger objects.
At this rate we will burn a hole in our atmosphere and we will need to escape Earth before we die of inhalation of smoke and other airborne bacteria, as well as get fried by the sun’s UV rays. We will kill all of our natural materials by polluting them, if we keep filling up dumps, throwing away toxic chemicals into rivers, and puffing away smoke into the atmosphere we will eventually kill Earth and it will kill us. We will have to pollute other planets or just build big reservoirs that can store all solid waste, we can build large pressurized tanks that can keep all harmful gasses out of our atmosphere, and we can try to purify all liquid waste by using filtering facilities. Sending hazardous materials into space can lead into unknown situations, like explosions that might affect our colonies, and the citizens of those colonies. Polluting space can lead to unforeseen consequences, like asteroids directing towards Earth, chemicals eating through our atmosphere from the outside, and loose baggage like trash just floating around and damaging equipment.
The point of establishing space travel is that if we start traveling now we can still discover ways to keep on living and thriving but not necessarily on Earth, because we can and will eventually burn up all of our fuels, we will overpopulate and crowd Earth, and we will damage the environment by polluting every natural, living thing. So if humanity is to prosper, let it take a huge step outside, into the new frontier, into space.

2007-05-21 17:23:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a Dobsonian SkyQuest XT8 telescope and have seen the Orion Nebula, the moon, pleiades, and saturn. However, lately, I have been getting bored - even though I know I shouldn't be! - because everywhere I attempt to look, the view is just more points of light. I realize that I won't see Hubble images, but shouldn't I be seeing a little more than points of light (even for the Andromeda galaxy)? Perhaps it is my eyepieces? I would greatly appreciate any help on the subject.

2007-05-21 16:02:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

"The bright region in the image is the Orion Nebula itself which is visible to the naked eye and is where the majority of the star formation is taking place. One can see that the gas (which really does look like clouds!) extends over vast regions and helps to "feed" the star formation. The image is over 30 light-years from top to bottom. The region shown is approximately the size of two full moons on the sky."


If The Star Formation Is 30 Light-Years From Top To Bottom, Can It Be Visible Without Any Use Of Scientific Equipment...I'd Really Like To See This And Share It With My Family. =]]

2007-05-21 15:55:24 · 5 answers · asked by myspace.com/truemonge 2

2007-05-21 15:43:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

So I got first light with my pair of 12X60 skymaster binoculars from celestron and I am having a problem with them. I wear glasses and need to as I have astigmatism but no matter how I adjust them when I look through them at brighter objects like the moon, venus, saturn etc. the image splits so there are two of them. is there something I'm doing wrong?

2007-05-21 14:52:36 · 8 answers · asked by bastian915 6

Here's the question, What causes the hugeunt of heat and light that a sun gives off?

Pleeeeeeeese Help!!!!

2007-05-21 14:35:22 · 14 answers · asked by carydrews5 2

yup??

2007-05-21 14:32:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

recent observations show that the rate of expansion of the universe is _____?
a) slowing down
b) stabilizing
c) constantly changing
d) speeding up

2007-05-21 14:25:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-21 14:11:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

What can be said about the absolute magnitudes of two equal-sized stars whose colors are blue and yellow?

2007-05-21 13:59:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

you know, like saturn has rings around it.. so what about earth? how many rings do we have? is the moon caught on one of the rings?

2007-05-21 13:15:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

the bible states is appointed unto man once to die and after this the judgement. this sounds very positive but can it be scientifically proven? is it true science requires evidence or it will be rejected as theory?

2007-05-21 13:02:35 · 10 answers · asked by james h 2

2007-05-21 12:54:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous