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  1. starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov › docs › StarChildWhat is gravity? - NASA

    Gravity is a force of attraction that exists between any two masses, any two bodies, any two particles. Gravity is not just the attraction between objects and the Earth. It is an attraction that exists between all objects, everywhere in the universe. Sir Isaac Newton (1642 -- 1727) discovered that a force is required to change the speed or ...

  2. starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov › docs › StarChildStarChild: Glossary - NASA

    A cluster of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity. GAMMA-RAYS Penetrating short wave electromagnetic radiation of very high frequency. GEOSYNCHRONOUS An orbit in which a satellite's rate of revolution matches the Earth's rate of rotation. This allows the satellite to stay over the same site on the Earth's surface at all times.

  3. 3. Activity: Explain that the sheet represents spacetime, the large object represents the Sun and the smaller object represents a planet. Have the students pull the edges of the sheet outward. Make sure the sheet is taut. Roll the lighter balls across the sheet. Note how they travel in a straight line. Place the heavy object in the center of ...

  4. starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov › docs › StarChildStarChild: Stars - NASA

    The last of the hydrogen gas in the outer shell is blown away to form a ring around the core. This ring is called a planetary nebula. When the last of the helium atoms in the core are fused into carbon atoms, the medium size star begins to die. Gravity causes the last of the star's matter to collapse inward and compact.

  5. starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov › docs › StarChildStarChild: Glossary - NASA

    An invisible object in outer space formed when a massive star collapses from its own gravity. A black hole has such a strong pull of gravity that not even light can escape from it. BLUR To make less clear, to run together. BIG BANG THEORY A theory that says the universe began with a super-powerful explosion. BOLT A flash of lightning. BOULDER

  6. Galileo designed a variety of scientific instruments. Among them was the hydrostatic balance. This was an instrument used to find the specific gravity of objects by weighing them in water. Go to Imagine the Universe! (A site for ages 14 and up.) The StarChild site is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center ...

  7. The Capture Theory: This theory proposes that the Moon was formed somewhere else in the solar system, and was later captured by the gravitational field of the Earth. The Moon's different chemical composition could be explained if it formed elsewhere in the solar system, however, capture into the Moon's present orbit is very improbable.

  8. What makes the Sun shine? Answer: The simple answer is that deep inside the core of the Sun, enough protons can collide into each other with enough speed that they stick together to form a helium nucleus and generate a tremendous amount of energy at the same time. This process is called nuclear fusion.

  9. Aug 25, 2023 · 雪准备. Walk in the shadowland nobody's innocent Hand to mouth we lived like demons Stuck in the phantom zone lost in a thunder dome Twilight ruled the day We found the impossible now we're unstoppable Taking off the world beneath us Strong under pressure we'll make it together Our universe will change Freedom looking down a telescope ...

  10. starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov › docs › StarChildSir Isaac Newton - NASA

    Sir Isaac Newton. Isaac Newton was born in 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England. His father was a wealthy, uneducated farmer who died three months before Newton was born. Newton's mother remarried and he was left in the care of his grandmother. He attended Free Grammar school. Though Newton did not excel in school, he did earn the opportunity to attend ...

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