Energy & Ecosystems

 

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Energy Ecosystems

 

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NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STSCI) | 2015 | Hubble Goes High Def to Revisit the Iconic “Pillars of Creation” |

 

NASA Kepler Space Telescope: Search for Habitable Planets in Our Galaxy Website: NASA Kepler Mission, Interactive Animation: How does Kepler Find Planets?

Kepler’s Tally of Planets  | 2015 | The New York Times

Description: “NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered more than 1,000 confirmed planets orbiting distant stars. Planets with known sizes and orbits are shown [here], including Kepler 186f, an Earth-size planet in the habitable zone.”

MinuteEarth | 2014 | Where Did Earth’s Water Come From? | 2:58 Minutes

Description: “Earth didn’t have water when it formed, but it does now! How did it get wet?”

How Big is the Universe?  | March 22, 2012 | BBC Future

Description: “There are galaxies far, far away – but how big is our own solar system?” … “What is the most distant man-made object? What is the farthest traveled by a human being? What is the farthest traveled by a piece of Lego? And perhaps most importantly – how long would these journeys take if you were a passenger on the Starship Enterprise?”

Whitney Clavin & Alan Buis | July 22, 2011 | Astronomers Find Largest, Most Distant Reservoir of Water | NASA Mission News

Description: “Two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. The water, equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world’s ocean, surrounds a huge, feeding black hole, called a quasar, more than 12 billion light-years away.”

Nick Strobel | May 9, 2013 | The Sun’s Power Source | Strobel’s Astronomy Notes

Description: “The Sun produces a lot of light every second and it has been doing that for billions of years. How does it or any other star produce so much energy for so long? This section will cover how stars produce their energy. Astronomers have known for a long time that the Sun produces a tremendous amount of energy. The first part of this section will try to give you an idea of how much energy it produces. Do not feel bad if you have trouble grasping the amount. It is mind-boggling! There are several ways to generate the amount of energy coming from the Sun. What distinguishes the correct explanation from the other models is how long it can power the Sun.” This description was copied from Nick Strobel’s Astronomy Notes. Go to his site at www.astronomynotes.com for the updated and corrected version.

Vu Nguyen | 2013 | Carbon Emissions Across the United States  | The New York Times

Description: “There are big differences in emissions between companies, and from state to state, that may make it harder to reach agreements on cuts.”