Getting Started - Assignment | Astronomy Research Paper (Moturu) - Research Guides at Lone Star College

Your Assignment

Your Goals:

at least 3 sources, outside of your textbook
- they should be credible and college-appropriate
MLA style (not APA or Chicago, and not a blend), which impacts:
- document layout
- Works Cited (MLA) page
- in-text citations
at least 4 full pages of content

PHYS 1403 (Stars and Galaxies) Topics

galactic collisions
Hubble Space telescope
Chandra X-ray Observatory
the age of the universe

For your topic, explain...

Some context - Why is this object or topic important and interesting to the field of astronomy?
What is the most current knowledge in the field (if applicable)? (You will not be able to write about everything, so choose a few important discoveries. Please note the word "current" - you should report on the most recent information you can find, not information from a few decades ago.)
What unanswered questions remain?

PHYS 1404 (Solar System) Topics

Kuiper belt objects
Compare the atmospheres of the terrestrial planets
Mission and latest findings of NASA’s space craft Cassini
Hubble Space telescope

For your topic, explain...

Some context - Why is this object or topic important and interesting to the field of astronomy?
What is the most current knowledge in the field (if applicable)? (You will not be able to write about everything, so choose a few important discoveries. Please note the word "current" - you should report on the most recent information you can find, not information from a few decades ago.)
What unanswered questions remain?

Locate at least three (3) good sources to describe our understanding of your topic. You may cite your textbook but it will not count as one of your three. You will need to synthesize information from your research into your own words to explain why the topic is significant, what our current knowledge is, and what mysteries remain to be discovered.