Welcome to my blog. 16 year old male humanist fom Turkey. I love astronomy, linguistics, nature. I am also in love with mankind. I'm a result of 4,000,000,000 years of evolutionary success and I'm trying to act like it.
20 millió lóerő. A Vosztok, Gagarin űrhajójának mása a “Szovjet tudomány és technika 50 éve” jubileumi kiállításon, Budapesten. Fotó: Sárosi Gyula. In: Repülés, 1967. október. XX. évf./10. szám.
Mockup of gagarin’s Vostok-1 in Budapest, at the “50 Years of Science and Technology in the Soviet Union” exhibition, 1967.
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Image: M81 Spiral galaxy Credit: NASA Spitzer Space Telescope
This is one of the questions we still don’t have a conclusive answer to, but as scientists search the cosmos for clues, the mystery becomes clearer.
Galaxies probably began to form less than a billion years after the Big Bang, which occurred around 13.7 billion years ago. The primordial Universe consisted almost entirely of hydrogen and helium gas, as well as dark matter, and was, for a time, almost completely homogeneous. It is believed that hypothetical dark matter played a major role in the formation of galaxies and the advent of a heterogeneous Universe. Clouds of gas first began clumping together due to the accumulation of primordial fluctuations, which were small changes of the density in certain parts of the early Universe. Through gravity, gas and dark matter were drawn towards the denser regions of the Universe.
There are two main hypotheses on how galaxies began to form, both of which are based on the gravitational effects of collapsing gas. One is called the “bottom-up” theory, in which giant clouds of gas came together in small clumps, which then merged to form larger galaxies. The second theory is the “top-down” one, in which clouds of gas the size of multiple galaxies broke down into individual clumps. This theory would explain why galaxies occur in clusters, and is the most widely accepted model.
Hydrogen and helium gas were then drawn towards the inner part of protogalaxies while dark matter formed a halo surrounding the outer part. The gas within these infant galaxies also began to clump together and heat up, forming the first stars. In the beginning, matter in the Universe was composed almost exclusively of hydrogen and helium. Nuclear fusion within stars (and during supernovae) would help make the rest of the heavier elements.
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In French, you don’t really say “I miss you.” You say “tu me manques,” which is closer to “you are missing from me.”
I love that. “You are missing from me.” You are a part of me, you are essential to my being. You are like a limb, or an organ, or blood. I cannot function without you.
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…though I have to admit my favorite favorite time-and-space-exploring doctor does have a Spaceship of the Imagination.
Just so we’re clear.
Celestial and terrestrial lights are featured in this stunning image that includes the Moon in phases of the total lunar eclipse of March 3rd of 2007.
Apollo 1 crew (L–R: Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger Chaffee)
John Young works at the LRV near the LM Orion on Apollo 16 in April 1972.
