Consider how atmospheres form. Given that Venus, Earth, and Mars are all terrestrial planets, discuss how they could end up with such different atmospheres.

Consider how atmospheres form. Given that Venus, Earth, and Mars are all terrestrial planets, discuss how they could end up with such different atmospheres.

How does the distance from the Sun affect the atmospheric composition?

How does the distance from the Sun affect the atmospheric composition?

Orbital Speed/Angular Diameter

Because of the presence of Jupiter, the Sun moves in a small orbit of radius 742,000 km with a period of 11.86 years. (a) Calculate the Sun's orbital speed in meters per second. (b) An astronomer on a hypothetical planet orbiting the star Vega, 25 light-years from the Sun, wants to use the astrometric method to search for planets orbiting the Sun. What would be the angular diameter of the Sun's orbit as seen by this alien astronomer? Would the Sun's motion be discernible if the alien astronomer could measure positions to an accuracy of 0.001 arcsec? (c) Repeat part (b), but now let the astronomer be located on a hypothetical planet in the Pleiades star cluster, 360 light-years from the S... click for more

I need help finding out about cosmic rays.

Do we know where cosmic rays come from? If so, what are some of the sources? Do we know all of them?

Neutrinos and Visible Light?

What do we see in other wavelengths that we don't see in visible light? And, are neutrinos EM radiation?