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Overview of Astronomical Cosmology or Cosmogony

In twelve pages cosmogony or astronomical cosmology is explored in terms of examination of the universe's origin with a discussion...

Article Summaries on Cosmology and Black Holes

In five pages two articles about cosmology and black holes are reviewed....

Astronomy Questions

reflectors (Strobel, 2006). The type of telescope is determined by the "objective," which is the "part of the telescope that gathe...

Overview of Cosmology

In five pages cosmology is examined in an informational overview and contemplation of the universe and why uncovering the cosmos' ...

Astronomical Overview of a Star's Formation

sky. Another name for the Giant Molecular Cloud is nebula. These Molecular Clouds are comprised mostly of hydrogen with the addi...

Galileo, Science, and the Church

that this success could mean tremendous wealth and prestige for Galileo (Maran and Marschall, 2009). Galileo was, after a...

Christology of Matthew Fox

and orientation. Fox argues that there is a "creation-centered spirituality" within the framework of Christian tradition that shou...

Ancient Egypt and the deification of kings

to punishment after death: Budge (1905) comments that many later religions derived their concept of a fiery, demonic hell from the...

'Beloved' by Toni Morrison and African Cosmology

the good parent, the grandparent. Some say he is father; others say she is mother. But the sentiment is the same: Nana is the sour...

Civilizations of MesoAmerica, Egypt, and Greece

Mexico and other areas of central America, demonstrates a number of similarities with Egyptian culture: the main architectural for...

Art and Religion of Ancient Egypt

point that there was a strongly ritualistic and shamanic element to funeral rites: pictorial representations of funeral ceremonies...

Western Religion - Trends

faith, new scientific discoveries and theories appear to be offering support for many traditional religious views, particularly in...

Thomas Aquinas' Global Perspectives on the Hierarchy Concept

In 5 pages this paper examines social order within the context of the hierarchical cosmology concept of Thomas Aquinas. Four sour...

Views of the Star of Bethlehem

In three pages this paper considers the star of Bethlehem from astronomical, biblical, and astrological perspectives. Five source...

European Space Agency's ISO

the minimum 18 months of life for the spacecraft. In space, the daily loss of helium proved to be significantly less than anticip...

Exploring Quasars

This research paper offers a detailed discussion of quasars, defining this phenomenon and describing them in relation to the galax...

Astronomical Discovery and Spectroscopy

theories on planetary motion, alone, have enabled man to build space ships and travel to the stars; stars, ironically enough, that...

Microlensing Planet Detection

as visible, and as such visual observations will not indicate the presence of planets in distant galaxies as they will be lost in ...

June 2004 Sun Transiting of Venus

the end of May, Venus will begin to drop back towards the sun and it will then disappear as it moves to the morning sky instead of...

Antimatter Significance and Cosmology

Dirac accessed is why, if negative-energy electrons did exist, would scientists be unaware of them. Like fish, who simply take a w...

Causes of Glaciology

and one that scientists continue to investigate. There are few clear answers on this subject, although scientists continue to gai...

Past and Present in the Nighttime Sky

and the sun. Because the moon makes a complete circle of the earth every month and the earth revolves the sun every year, however...

The Theology and Cosmology of Ancient Egypt

This paper examines the Ancient Egyptian culture and beliefs of and discusses how culture can change religious beliefs over time. ...

Black Holes

to be a composite of black holes from smaller galaxies There is, in fact, a black hole at the center of the Milky Way. When small...

Seeking Answers in the Cosmos with Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo, Tycho Brahe, Copernicus, Ptolemy, and Aristotle

In ten pages this paper examines the lives and astronomical contributions both literally and figuratively speaking as they relate ...

Copernicus and Astronomical Theories

constructions called the eccentric, the epicycle and the equant. In the eccentric, the Earth is placed just outside of the center ...

Black Holes and Astronomical Research

exclusion principle acting on its electrons (in white dwarfs) or nucleons (in neutron stars)" (Dolan 1079). Yet, when "No equilibr...

Astronomical Theory and the Existance of Planets in Other Solar Systems

This two page paper reports on what is considered the first reasonable theory (presented in 1992) supporting the contention that p...

First American Woman Elected to the Royal Astronomical Society, Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming

did. In order to prove his point he actually brought Fleming into the lab, and later hired her in a clerical capacity. In 1881, m...