Nell Greenfeildboyce. “NASA detects potential ‘Habitable Zone’ planets.” http://www.npr.org/2011/02/02/133443189/An-Update-On-The-Hunt-For-Earth-Like-Planets. February 2nd, 2011.
In this article, Nell Greeenfeildboyce, is talking about how one of NASA’s telescopes may have found around 1,200 new planets in the atmosphere, and many of them are in the “habitable zone” and could potentially be earth-like. These potential planets could have some type us life on them, much like the earth, due to the location of the planets.
NASA has goals to keep up on their research and would like to try to prove whether this speculation is true or not! These potential planets could be much like earth and may contain some-kind of life, but none of this can be proven until researchers get into more detail with these planets, and are able to tell whether these speculations are true or not. If these planets are proven to be actually in the atmosphere, it will allow researchers to become much more educated on what kind of life there could potentially be out there and would allow people to learn about what other types of planets/life there are outside of the earth.
According to this article, the purpose of the research on these potential planets is for scientists and other researchers to be able to become more familiar with what other life/land features there are out in the solar system that we really don’t know about. This will help inform the people around the world that the earth really may not be the only planet with life form on it.
How could there be 1,200 planets in the solar system that we really don’t know about? How did the researchers come upon this find? Do you think it is possible for there to be that many planets in the world? How can researchers prove that these are true, existing planets in the atmosphere?
Hi Tyler:
ReplyDeleteYou found some interesting sources, and they seem appropriate for helping you develop background knowledge in the Discovery Center's area of concern. I was a little concerned that the questions you pose-- arising out of these sources-- seem to point in radically different directions. In what ways can you tie these sources together, so as to begin tackling a specific rather than a general topic-area for inquiry? And in what ways can you tie your immediate interest in space exploration back to your (eventual) service-learning work at the Discovery Center? (Remember, the purpose of your SL work is to speak back to and complicate your academic inquiry).
This is my informal response haha, and informally this is a chunk of science-y information that communicates what the DC is all about. Discovering new things about our planet, and what surrounds are planet, are important topics we must continue to research!
ReplyDeleteFrom an English-writing-class perspective, your citation is messed up, the url needs to be at the end after the date of access. Also, not going into substantial detail, try to spend a little bit more time giving your bibliography more substance, this feels a tad rushed and short! Also like Jeremy said, try to pose some more interesting questions the reader, who is viewing your post, would not be able to come up with simply by reading your introduction.
Hi Tyler:
ReplyDeleteTo extend off Paul's comment, you can find MLA works cited information for electronic sources at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/. The first sub-topic discusses the use of URL's in this format. Keep up the good work!