Astronomy & Space - December 2007

2007-12-27 11:59:29 · 16 answers · asked by Bill Gates 1

If it were possible to put an identical atmosphere of Earth's on Mars and Venus, would either one of them or both of them be habitable for humans?

Or would Mars still not be able to hold it because of it having so little gravity to keep it?

And would Venus just be too close to the sun still to be Earth like even with an identical atmosphere?


Just curious.

2007-12-27 11:08:04 · 7 answers · asked by Count DiMera 2

all the sightings so far have been on earth, not in the solar system or galaxy. Surely if something existed it would be visible outside of Earth and not just in the sky.

2007-12-27 10:53:54 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

In other words do you think humans will have advanced far enough in terms of our technology and space travel that we will have found another habitable planet orbiting around another star to live on, and be already on it by the time the Sun expands far enough outward to where the Earth is not livable anymore?

2007-12-27 10:39:45 · 12 answers · asked by Count DiMera 2

:)

2007-12-27 10:37:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-27 10:28:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Until I'm able to settle down in 18 months, I bought a Celestron NexStar 130mm (650mm FL) reflector telescope that is portable for drives in to the country. I want to pick up some new eyepieces and have absolutely no problem spending extra given that within two years I plan on investing in a much better (and less portable) device.

The Celestron website recommends I buy X-Cel series eyepieces for my current telescope, but they seem to put the eyepieces in rough price categories with parent scopes, and this method seems more of a money grab to me.

Basically, I would rather buy the best (for example) 8mm eyepiece I can, so I can use it with future telescopes, but just want to make sure that these better eyepieces won't cripple my current viewing.

From what I understand, a poor eyepiece will ruin a great telescope, and a great eyepiece will bring out the most of your scope, but is there really such a thing as simply 'too good' an eyepiece?

Thanks for any and all opinions!

2007-12-27 09:43:12 · 2 answers · asked by alex m 1

Me, too!
While I've still got the floor...
Will the world end in 2012?
Is there a comet the size of Ethiopia going to obliterate us?
Should my socks match if I'm just staying home?
Which way is up?
How much does red weigh?
Are aardvarks?
How come?
Where?
Would you help me tie my widget?
Wassupwitdat?
Do ya think there's any?
Oops! There it went again...
Toenail clippings?
How come the moon always looks like the moon?
Does the space between my ears ever end?
Why is oil oily?
Why is a duck?
Am I crazy?
Are You?
Is there such a thing as being 'kinda pregnant'?
Why do birds suddenly appear?

You guys getting my point?
Cheers!
Bobby

2007-12-27 09:34:52 · 12 answers · asked by Bobby 6

Any Information about this game is welcome too.

2007-12-27 08:31:25 · 2 answers · asked by Vanessa Bladess 1

Such as:
Will the world end on 2012?
Are aliens real?

Can we take action against this redundancy and rhetorical annoyance?

2007-12-27 08:16:50 · 13 answers · asked by Jansen J 4

It would seem to make sense to me, because as I understand it, all celestial bodies which formed over time due to the big bang are now moving further and further away from each other. Can we tell where the big bang happened?

2007-12-27 08:14:46 · 14 answers · asked by Razor 2

2007-12-27 08:07:44 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Most scientists now do believe the big bang occurred 13 billion years before. What does this do to the evolutionary theory, if anything? What does this to do religious views?

2007-12-27 08:05:13 · 8 answers · asked by Razor 2

2007-12-27 07:57:19 · 4 answers · asked by gang_ster 1

i think we will. its about that time. one of our shuttles will uncover some alien form and bring it back to earth. or, we will have ufo's checking out our outer space area and we will see them.

2007-12-27 07:43:37 · 8 answers · asked by badger 4

I know that the Bible says something about our planet being the center of the universe, but really now ....
There are billions of stars in our galaxy (the Milky Way) and there are billions of galaxies in our universe ... doesn't it only seem logical that there MUST be some other form of life out there?
I think that there IS life out there, but it's not necessarily the life that we would want to meet. If Life can create "monsters" like the dinosaurs, then I think there's some pretty scary stuff out there. Any one else feel me on this?

2007-12-27 07:37:42 · 11 answers · asked by harlanauctions 1

that in egypt

2007-12-27 07:31:03 · 4 answers · asked by nabil a 2

In which direction does it spin?
We've been told that it spins on north and south axies
if the Sun is stationary in repect to the earth the earth is rotating eastward cus we see the sun raise on the east.
knowing the earth spins eastwardly, if 2 planes on a run way in Florida going oppisite directions, 1 west, 1 east taking off at the same time, going the same speed arrive at the same time at Manila Ph. that would tell me the earth is not spinning but the sun is rotating around the earth and we've been lied too
Tell me what you all think :)

2007-12-27 07:29:10 · 12 answers · asked by egypt_as_the_sunset_beautiful 2

i need real answers not irony

2007-12-27 06:37:04 · 2 answers · asked by usama s 1

2007-12-27 06:19:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am in a cold climate and sometimes it can get down to -30 C Will this damage my telescope?

2007-12-27 05:16:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is Chiron? Its orbit in cosmological terms is unstable. It got to where it is roughly 250 million years ago and will leave that orbit in about 100 million years. Chiron ended up in that orbit after a gravitational encounter with another planet. Astronomers are still debating about what kind of body Chiron is. There are (3) theories could you please explain, these theroires, to me? I just want the (3) please which is the lastest.
thanks so much~ April

2007-12-27 05:12:46 · 7 answers · asked by aprilmacfadden 3

2007-12-27 02:31:55 · 21 answers · asked by Susan K 1

As we all know the Sun is a star, not a planet , and by this conclusion we also know the sun -alike every star- will die, what happens to us then, is the End of the sun, the end of existence, what if Mars get blown up by the super nova the sun is becoming; where we have to go then? Are we doomed? i know it will take millions of years, but still , what happens when the sun becomes a black dwarf , no sun= no life= end of humanity? isn't that cruel? what do you people think about it, if we" would" get to Mars, still we don't have the energy of the sun , so we would die there also. Like does it scare you to know that in a couple of billions years , life will cease to exist?
it seems so unreal? how do you deal that problem, maybe we will be in another universe once an their a new sun will shine?

2007-12-27 02:26:51 · 64 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are we ever going to live/colonize in space? Or will that always be a fantasy?

2007-12-27 02:19:46 · 17 answers · asked by Nazarius 2

Does the intensity of light change its speed of travel?

2007-12-27 02:11:04 · 9 answers · asked by edubya 5

2007-12-27 02:03:45 · 10 answers · asked by ajinkya p 2

2007-12-27 02:01:51 · 3 answers · asked by bmxerskater321 1

technology and all

2007-12-27 01:49:57 · 13 answers · asked by alexis christian 2

2007-12-27 01:28:16 · 6 answers · asked by stinkyhotdogs 3