Disk Detective Talk

ideas i could possibly talk to my science teacher about so he could contact nasa about them and make more requirements

  • allieoopster by allieoopster

    anyone have any ideas for answers at the bottom when you answer the questions?

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  • marckuchner by marckuchner scientist, admin

    Hi @allieoopster

    We are NASA! You're already in contact with us.

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  • lrebull by lrebull scientist, translator, admin

    Here is more information on why we're not seeing moons (or planets, or rings) in these data: http://blog.diskdetective.org/2014/02/20/thats-no-moon/

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  • Garlandiana by Garlandiana

    Hello , this is Garlandiana . I receive daily newsletters from NASA and I knew that NASA was involved in the Disk Detective project but didn't know that NASA scientists themselves were taking part in the project ! I knew that ESA scientists were taking part in the project but had no clue that NASA was also there ! Well , this is a personal question about NASA . I'm in grade-6 and and I'm really , really , really interested in learning about space . Does NASA have any internship programs for students of grade-6 in India ? I know that NASA is an American organization but , by any chance , are there any internship programs in India ? Please help me with my query .

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  • Garlandiana by Garlandiana

    And here's another question , what are dark matter and dark energy ? Something scientists know are out there but don't know what it is ? What are they actually ? Are they bigger than the unimaginable universe ? Well , in that case , I used to read the Geo monthly magazines . During that time , there were rumors round the globe that the universe was coming to an end , it was stated in the ancient Mayan calendar which had shown records according to the Mayans' beliefs , if you can recall . In the November , 2012 issue of the magazine , there were huge articles on the end of the world ( which were of course all fake knowledge ) according to the ancient Mayan calendar . In most of these articles , these two words - ' dark matter ' and ' dark energy ' were mentioned . Do they form what we people call cosmology ? Are they cosmology or sources of cosmology , which means , in other words - what's cosmology ?

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  • Garlandiana by Garlandiana

    Yesterday night , I was wondering what the word ' forever ' actually meant . One big bang to one big crunch or the entire process of big bangs and big crunches occurring , one by one , means ' forever ' ? Please comment and reply .

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  • lrebull by lrebull scientist, translator, admin

    Hi Garlandiana -
    (1) Disk Detective is really just NASA & some other US-based astronomers, not ESA (or ESO).
    (2) It's great that you're excited about NASA! An internship, though, would mean that you come to live and work here. I don't think your family would like that much, at least mine didn't like the thought of me moving away from home until I was in college. Once you get to college, there are a lot more opportunities. But, in the meantime, there are, however, lots and lots of ways to get involved with data on the web. Here is a list of all the programs I know of that get real astronomy data into the hands of teachers and students: http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/page/other_epo_programs Some have geographical restrictions, some are more interactive (or depend on you reading material and working on your own, some are aimed at students at different levels. There is a VERY long list at the link. You will have to poke around and find things that interest you out of the long list.
    (3) Cosmology is the study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmology ). Dark matter and dark energy are part of that study. Wikipedia actually has some reasonable articles on these things: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter NASA Wavelength (http://nasawavelength.org ) actually has a lot of great introductory material and exercises on dark matter and dark energy.
    (4) Definitions of "forever" - I think forever means beyond and through any big crunch etc., but that's almost more philosophy than science. 😃

    cheers,
    Luisa

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  • Garlandiana by Garlandiana

    Wow ! I didn't know all this information ! Amazing ! Thanks a ton for the advice too , Luisa ! I'm sure that the websites you've mentioned will undoubtedly be splendid ! All the best for your work ! Thank you , Garlandiana

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