Current Event= The Explosion in the Sky

On February Twentieth the Swift Burst Alert Telescope picked up that there was a gamma ray burst at 2:12 am. That was the second burst that was picked up around that time. This burst was visible to the naked eye, which is very unusual. The gamma ray explosions' name is GRB 080319B. Scientist said that there were brilliant afterglows. It's said that these after glows were 2.5million times better than the afterglows of the most luminous supernova ever. In Chile the Very Large Telescope and Hobby-Eberly Telescope in Texas a measured the bursts' red shift. The red shift was 0.94 which translates to a distance of 7.5 light years. That means that this explosion took place 7.5 billion years ago. The reasons why we could see the burst with the naked eye was because scientists say it was directed at Earth. Reasons that scientists think it was so big was because its mass, its spin, or magnetic field of the progenitor star. I think that this would be a once in a life time opportunity to view this. I also think that GRB 080319B was something that was in the right place in the right time. This is a magnificent natural space occurrence.

S.S. Blog= Wildfires in Austrailia

In Australia there was a wildfire that spread everywhere. People were told to leave or be ready to fight this outrageous fire. Princess Anne went to Wandong to meet those who are helping out in the fire. Such as, firefighters and emergency workers. This is only the day after she has returned from aboard and so much as happened. This was one of the most deadly fires known and over 750,000 people have been missing and misplaced due to the fire. The fire became bigger by the wind. The wind blew the fire around.

" It's a precaution in terms of getting people out early," said O'Callaghan, a member of Yarra Ranges Shire. Many people left in a rush. Many were in anticipation of what would happened to their home. More than 750 homes were burned and 1,200 square miles have been burned. The two governments are willing to help the ones who lost almost everything. I think that what has happened in really tragic. Australia hasn't had a big fire like this since 1983, so this must be hard for them. Many frantic drives died in their cars because they couldn't breathe or see through the black smoke.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printededition/front/la-fg-australia-fired-2009feb09,0,6884928.story

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S.S. Blog= In the Garden State

Everyone is aware that on January fifteenth of 2009 a plane was forced to land on water. The plane landed shortly after taking off. It is said that the reason of the planes awkward area of landing, was because a flock of birds came in the way, so the pilot couldn't steer the plane. The pilot did a great job saving the lives of many who were aboard the plane. The pilot was especially invited to Barack Obama's inauguration, which was shortly after the plane mishap. Pilot Chesly 'Sully" Sullenberger successfully landed the plane and was the first pilot in history to land a plane in water in the amazing manner he did. The plane was moved out of New York's Hudson River to New Jersey's, Jersey City. The plane was moved to New Jersey for investigations and will be examined on several aspects. I think it was a good idea to move the plane to New Jersey because there is there is enough space in the location where it was moved to. I also think that, Pilot Sullenberger must be a very trained and professional pilot. He did a great job!

http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_e6/plane-river-power.html

Current Event: Super Bowl Relates to Science?!

There are three laws Isaac Newton has created. The first law is force exerted on an object to keep it moving simply to overcome friction, and friction is always present. An example is, like when Lance Armstrong rides his bike in the Tour de France, he doesn't have to peddle his bike the entire time. He can peddle the bike then when he stops the bikes wheels keep on moving. However, the bike eventually will stop if he doesn't starts peddling because there is no force being exerted. The second law is, an objects force is equal to the power of acceleration and mass. (force= mass x acceleration). Such as, it takes less force to move a smaller object and more force to move a larger object. In the Super Bowl, both teams, the Cardinals and the Steelers threw passes. Each pass was thrown differently because on throw could have been a short pass while another is a long pass. For each pass a different amount of force is accelerated to the footballs' pass. If he were to push a real car he would put more force on to the car. Last but not least, there is the third law. If one object exerts force on an object the object exerts pressure on what is putting force on it. For example, if a boy is getting off a boat that is on water the boat moves back as the boy moves forward. I feel this topic is very useful to learn because these are three laws of motion that no scientist has been able to call false or untrue. Also, people can use the the three laws relating to everyday life.

http://media.www.theduquesneduke.com/media/storage/paper1278/news/2009/01/29/Sports/Opposites.Attract-3602189.shtml