3.6 Astronomy Investigation

                   

Suggested Topics 91415: Investigate an aspect of Astronomy

   

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-telescope-reveals-largest-batch-of-earth-size-habitable-zone-planets-around
http://www.space.com/35811-life-on-trappist-1-earth-like-exoplanets.html
http://www.trappist.one/#system

                                                                

The Search for Exoplanets

Sources

http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/page/methods

 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-do-astronomers-actually-find-exoplanets-180950105/?no-ist

http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/exoplanets/astrometry.html?referrer=https://www.google.co.nz/

http://earthsky.org/space/how-do-astronomers-discover-exoplanets

Is There Life on Mars?

http://www.iflscience.com/space/is-there-life-on-mars/

James Webb Space Telescope

Low mass dwarf stars

Starlink

The Square Kilometer Array

Mars Exploration

Colonising Space

Near Earth Objects (e.g. planet destroying asteroids)

Asteroid Mining

Colonising the Moon

Stellar Nurseries

Development of the Calendar

Changing the Orbit of an Asteroid (DART)