Astronomy 2021A/B Midterm: AS2021midterm1
15 Oct 2018
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If you have a question, use the message/forum feature on owl. High school level familiarity with math and science (specifically physics/chemistry) We will follow the text closely in this class. Kepler spacecraft served to find the fraction of planets existing within the habitable zone (kepler is now decommissioned) New horizons spacecraft has been flying since 2006 and is looking to reach pluto (expected to pass by pluto july 2015) Anything that"s living, can replicate, dies is considered life (including something as small and insignificant as microbes) Doesn"t have to be humanoid in appearance. Venus was previously thought to be a tropical paradise (due to clouds in its. For billions of years, earth was nothing but microbes atmosphere), but we now know that it is consistently between 400-500f and covered in sulfur dioxide. It was thought that canals existed on mars and thus intelligent life on mars.
