Astronomy Essays and Research Papers

The scientific revolution was a transformational period from the mid-sixteenth through early eighteenth century. The Renaissance era influenced curiosity and challenged old beliefs about society and nature. This resulted in the creation of laws and careful observations in mathematics, astronomy, and science created to better explain their surroundings. This began with Nicolaus Copernicus, a renaissance-era…

Astronomy has been researched for thousands of years providing quantitative information about the physics of stars, the universe, galaxies and many other beings that are yet to be discovered currently today. Astronomy is a work of quantitative data, very philosophical as we theorize the existence of other planets in another universe. As our curiosity grows…

Due to the recent defunding of scientific research by the president, Donald Trump, I would like to discuss the importance of continuing to fund, develop, and send telescopes into the celestial hemisphere. Telescopes have made significant contributions to astronomy which have facilitated our understanding of the cosmos and how it is that our universe was…

When one considers life in the universe, multiple theories come to minds such as extraterrestrials or merely the concept of planets within our galaxy. There are arguments on whether humans are the only intelligent beings in the universe. Scientists have continued to research, but their results remain the same. Insufficient funding to search for extraterrestrials…

Today I will be talking about female astronomers that have discovered many things. They have gone to great lengths to make their discoveries. The five female astronomers I am going to talk about today are: Vera Cooper Rubin, Nancy Grace Roman, Margaret J. Geller, and Heidi Hammel. Vera Cooper Rubin was a Dark Matter Detective….

The creator of the Hubble Space Telescope, Edwin Hubble was born in 1889 of November 20, in Marshfield, Missouri. His parents were Jhon and Virginia Hubble and he had seven siblings. In 1898 when Edwin was ten years old, their whole family moved to Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, Edwin attended high school and excelled at…

Fast forward to present day, and women are making great strides in the world of astronomy, years among years after the moon landing and discoveries by early astronomers. Most recently, in fact, on October 18, 2019, NASA performed the first ever all women space walk. Jessica Mier and Christina Koch were the two astronauts on…

Astronomy falls under the study field of celestial objects which includes- galaxies, stars, planets, comets, and cosmic background radiation. It has been used for thousands of years for methodical observations of the night sky although, the invention of the telescope is what modernized them to fit with the new generation. There are two types of…

During the Renaissance, knowledge in astronomy grew substantially and new models do the universe were created. Many astronomers participated in researching the universe and stars. For example, Copernicus is famous for proposing the heliocentric universe model. Kepler expanded on this model, and made changes to it so it accurately fit the data available. These astronomers…

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 his father Vincenzo Galilei decided that Galileo would be a doctor. Galileo went to the university to study medicine but when he was there Galileo discovered he was a wiz at mathematics he was able to get his father to allow him to leave. Galileo become a…