Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa on February 15, 1564. The little that, through some letters, is known of his mother, Giulia Ammannati di Pescia, does not make her an overly flattering figure. His father, Vincenzo Galilei, was a Florentine and came from a family that had long been illustrious; A musician by vocation, economic …
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Fast Facts Approximate distance from the Earth to Sun = 93 million miles (149 million km) Distance from the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy = 30,000 light-years Main components = hydrogen and helium Period of rotation = 25.4 days Equatorial diameter = 1.4 million km or 865,000 miles Relative size to Earth = 109 …
A brief study of Galaxy, Stars and Constellations What is a galaxy? A galaxy is a massive space that contains hundreds of billions of stars, planets, glowing nebulae, gas, dust, and space. They take many forms, the three most common being spiral, elliptical, and Seyfert. Andromeda and Milky Way are the two galaxies that even …
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Processing scientific data requires enormous power, but the number of supercomputers available is very limited. However, a significant part of the calculations can be broken down into small tasks that a home computer can handle. The BOINC project is a complex of programs designed to organize distributed computing.It was originally created in 2002 for the …
