Transcript Science and a Christian World View A Christian View of Science

An Introduction to Astronomy
Our Place in the Universe
Lambert E. Murray, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
The Universe
Contains:
Stars
Galaxies
Clusters of Galaxies
Galaxies Come
in All Shapes
and Sizes
A Galaxy Like
Our Own
Approaching
Our Galaxy
Edge-On
Stars inside the Spiral
Arms
Individual Stars are Often Far Apart
Our Nearest
Neighbor is
about 4.5
Light Years
Away!
Our Star – The Sun
The Sun’s Family
of Planets
(To Scale)
Mercury
The
planet
nearest to
our Sun.
Venus Viewed from Space is Always
Covered with Clouds
Venus Without Clouds
Earth: Our Home
Three Views of Mars from Space
Mars – Close Up and Personal
Jupiter
Jupiter’s Galilean
Moons
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto,
A Planet?
Some Space Missions of Interest

Galileo to Jupiter’s Moons
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/ (1,2,5)

Missions to Mars:
Mars Orbital Surveyor
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/msss/camera/images/index.html
 Mars Rovers
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/


Mission to Saturn
Cassini
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm


Mission to Mercury

Messenger
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/
Additional Missions
 LCROSS
Mission to the Moon
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/...
main/prelim_water_results.html
 Mars
Express
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/...
index.html
 Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter
http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/
End of Introduction