Sunday, April 8, 2012

The universe


The universe.  It is a region with vast unknowns.  People have many opinions, beliefs, accusations, but I am certain that no one truly knows its boundaries.  Scientists and physicists have many theories on have the universe all began, starting with the big bang theory.  Scientists say, eons and eons ago, the universe started as just one atom or particle.  The object exploded created this region of space following the explosion and kept increasing, spreading out without termination.  They called this the “red shift” of the universe for where you can see visible movement of stars and galaxies, because there is visible red light.  They aren’t sure what caused this exploded or happening but it is just a situation that occurred for the natural being.  The universe is commonly defined as the totality of everything that exists, including all matter and energy, the planets, stars, galaxies, and contents of intergalactic space.  Everything in the universe is made of atoms.  Atoms are very small particles that are comprised of protons (positively charged particles), neutrons (no charged particles), electrons (negatively charged particles), and the electron cloud, where this is just the space the electrons travel.  At the center of the atom are the protons and neutrons and this region is called the nucleus and it is positively charged.  The electron cloud is the area where the electrons flow and it is negatively charged.  They are equal number of protons and electrons in an atom to make an atom neutral charged for if it was not the atom will become heighten or excited and will find any way possible to become neutral again.  All around in this universe is energy.  Everything has energy or has the potential of energy.  There are two types of energy and many forms of energy.  The two types are kinetic and potential energy, where the kinetic energy is energy in motion so to speak, and the potential energy is energy that has potential to be kinetic energy.  The forms of energy are:  heat or thermal, chemical, electrical, electrochemical, electromagnetic which is light, sound, and nuclear energy.  The universe is a very big place and has many knowns and unknowns to mankind.  I’m sure one day we will find out how big the place we will live in.


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