A look at a few astronomical mysteries. (And some great pictures).
8 Baffling Astronomy Mysteries
We’ve seen a lot of information explaining the wonders of astronomy and space, but what of the mysteries? The realm scientists have yet to fully understand. SPACE has this awesome article getting into a few, 8 in total, of those very areas in the study of the stars that continue to baffle scientists:
The universe has been around for roughly 13.7 billion years, but it still holds many mysteries that continue to perplex astronomers to this day. Ranging from dark energy to cosmic rays to the uniqueness of our own solar system, there is no shortage of cosmic oddities.
The journal Science summarized some of the most bewildering questions being asked by leading astronomers today. In no particular order, here are eight of the most enduring mysteries in astronomy:
8 What is Dark Energy?
Dark energy is thought to be the enigmatic force that is pulling the cosmos apart at ever-increasing speeds, and is used by astronomers to explain the universe’s accelerated expansion.
This elusive force has yet to be directly detected, but dark energy is thought to make up roughly 73 percent of the universe.
7 How Hot is Dark Matter?
Dark matter is an invisible mass that is thought to make up about 23 percent of the universe. Dark matter has mass but cannot be seen, so scientists infer its presence based on the gravitational pull it exerts on regular matter.
Researchers remain curious about the properties of dark matter, such as whether it is icy cold as many theories predict, or if it is warmer.
6 Where are the Missing Baryons?
Dark energy and dark matter combine to occupy approximately 95 percent of the universe, with regular matter making up the remaining 5 percent. But, researchers have been puzzled to find that more than half of this regular matter is missing.
This missing matter is called baryonic matter, and it is composed of particles such as protons and electrons that make up majority of the mass of the universe’s visible matter.
Some astrophysicists suspect that missing baryonic matter may be found between galaxies, in material known as warm-hot intergalactic medium, but the universe’s missing baryons remain a hotly debated topic.
5 How do Stars Explode?
When massive stars run out of fuel, they end their lives in gigantic explosions called supernovas. These spectacular blasts are so bright they can briefly outshine entire galaxies.
Extensive research and modern technologies have illuminated many details about supernovas, but how these massive explosions occur is still a mystery.
Scientists are keen to understand the mechanics of these stellar blasts, including what happens inside a star before it ignites as a supernova.
4 What Re-ionized the Universe?
The broadly accepted Big Bang model for the origin of the universe states that the cosmos began as a hot, dense point approximately 13.7 billion years ago.
The early universe is thought to have been a dynamic place, and about 13 billion years ago, it underwent a so-called age of re-ionization. During this period, the universe’s fog of hydrogen gas was clearing and becoming translucent to ultraviolet light for the first time.
Scientists have long been puzzled over what caused this re-ionization to occur.
3 What’s the Source of the Most Energetic Cosmic Rays?
Cosmic rays are highly energetic particles that flow into our solar system from deep in outer space, but the actual origin of these charged subatomic particles has perplexed astronomers for about a century.
The most energetic cosmic rays are extraordinarily strong, with energies up to 100 million times greater than particles that have been produced in manmade colliders. Over the years, astronomers have attempted to explain where cosmic rays originate before flowing into the solar system, but their source has proven to be an enduring astronomical mystery.
2 Why is the Solar System so Bizarre?
As alien planets around other stars are discovered, astronomers have tried to tackle and understand how our own solar system came to be.
The differences in the planets within our solar system have no easy explanation, and scientists are studying how planets are formed in hopes of better grasping the unique characteristics of our solar system.
This research could, in fact, get a boost from the hung for alien worlds, some astronomers have said, particularly if patterns arise in their observations of extrasolar planetary systems.
1 Why is the Sun’s Corona so Hot?
The sun’s corona is its ultra-hot outer atmosphere, where temperatures can reach up to a staggering 10.8 million degrees Fahrenheit (6 million degrees Celsius).
Solar physicists have been puzzled by how the sun reheats its corona, but research points to a link between energy beneath the visible surface, and processes in the sun’s magnetic field. But, the detailed mechanics behind coronal heating are still unknown.
A little Saturday Sillyness - these aren`t planets or moons, just the bottoms of frying pans.
Devour, 2013
At first glance, these objects may look like planets, but they are actually photos of the bottoms of frying pans.
The bottoms of frying pans, folks.
(Source: destructs)
AIESEC NATIONAL ELECTION CONFERENCE 2013
-Opening plenary
Find your expectation
-our impact to our nation
It’s not instant to make an impact for our society
It’s about how we make sustainably changing
For example spider
Every our impact is our responsibility, what we do and what others do
-SONA
Bottleneck = leadership
1. Global reality
2.indonesia calling
Realize?
Reconfirm?
Could do?
SONA function wise
Hyper-thinking
Ex/ apple
And us: create strong products which will take us closer to peace and fulfillment of humankind potential
Why I’m here, answering the call, learn how to make an impact for nation, learning how to applying high role, improving my leadership skill, get more friend from around Indonesia.
What i want to learn is Right leadership skill, how to applying high role
Warm heart, cold brain, clear communication
Right skill and maturity, as a leader - in strategy design and management
Good person who served and clear purpose
What Indonesia need for tomorrow?
This conference is about how to lead, not like a seminar
-MCP election block
Candidate speech
1. Ardian wijaya
MC is not enough, it’s about make a contribution for nation
It’s about real impact, high quality leadership experience
It’s about Indonesia need, collaborate with aiesec to change Indonesia
National focusing
Brand positioning, corporate reach, expansion
CR : national sales team, PB or CSR, Y2B, CEEDership
All is not only for MC
Ex : SU and expansion summit
BP : improving youth talk, national regional conference, valountering
AIESEC Indonesia 13/14, how to make it happen, let’s make it!
2. Dea gendina
Missing aiesec in Indonesia
Wake up for Indonesia, mentality of human. Solve Indonesia
Quality program and service, marketing and brand, sustainably
Make more EP each LC
Online marketing
Program development model, make a legality
To help MC and LC
Realizing about my dream, to lead Indonesia
3. Inez natalia
Contribute to our country, for aiesec, and self development
Something for themself, make a chance in indonesia
Awareness for indonesia, activate aiesec in Indonesia
make some experience for other by aiesec.
Believing in aiesec Indonesia, wonderful indonesia, Amazing aiesec
Positioning in global network and Indonesia
Focusing areas
External positioning, costumer experience, corporate relation
Initiatives : youth collaboration project, reg introduction conference
Answered the call, and continue the journey
I know that all you have a passion to make a chance for Indonesia.
All of you applying for P cause you want change indonesia
And then, how if you don’t elected. Are you still have a passion to make a change for Indonesia as like when you applying president
Closing speech
-inez
Thank, really greatfull, it’s not about competition with other, it’s about with myself. Really experienced to be the candidate.
Yes is challenging, no wrong decision at leadership
have a pure purpose, Indonesia need me. She said
-dea
Smile cause the process, thank for today
There will be a condition that you must trust to other
Just learning about what is already happen.
-ardian
He really nervous, its about challenge with my self.
He can’t promise about his strategy run well.
Leader is choose cause we need. The biggest experienced he ever had for self development
All responsible is mine. Important is what is our impacts to society
President elected speech
MCP isn’t my goal, but like what I’ve said at my speech before
-Indonesia calling
Deliver accessible and impactful leadership development experiences
Our ways fast moving and costumer centric organization
By being self driven
Everything is about why, about the essence you do. Leader know it
oGCDP
Youth engagement : youth talk, lead talk, eddie comic, use volunteer cause they will feel aiesec experience. So they will apply
iGIP
National plan : SME, consulting/ research, IT sub-product
Big company by their CSR
-External slot
Be the change by bram suryo kusuma @bramsurya
Change mean expanding comfort zone
Why people do change : cause they want survive, they want growth, they want achieve their dream.
Change management : comfort zone, old vs new point of view, clear goal, change road map (make a challenging goal)
The key is leadership (inspire, motivate, provoke) be the 3rd
Communication is a tool (sistem DISC)
Direction : value, mission, vision
Capability :
Commitment :
action step : communicate your plan, established change management team, clearaction plan and timeline, review my plan continuously
-First international EB from Indonesia
Indonesian youth should ready to be a leader. Especially for Indonesian aiesecer ya
-live a MC (live of khatulistiwa)
Like what they said. There is a leader like me. I believe it, believe they like me as a leader.
-Main strategy that I want to implement Back home
It’s about how I drive myself, to plan my biggest success and for my success team wherever I am. How I believe that there’s a leader like me
Already have a plan, already replaning, let’s execute our plan by having
-project responsible and synergy
-action step and the KPI
-have a timeline
-BD MC Indonesia
Implementation, together with TM
Improving networking event (BoA, alumni, job fair)
Support ICX GCDP for PBoX by marketing (otw) by CSR
Focus for SME market, for ICX GIP ex/ bank
Government utilized
Top sales national competition for ICX
NEST : 1st focus . LC give the best for that
Sales development program : have good synergy for tracking
National CSR partner, raising 600 GCDP TN and 77 GIP TN
All program for LC
LC help promoting
-lead session, MMB lead
What make a leader, team, and organization great?!
I’m relevant to be a leader. I know where I’m going, i listen my member
It’s about passion and commitment
Do as simple as possible, not a simpler
I aware of myself
“Muhammad Zaim Hanif” mean the leader
PBUH, it’s fact at my book
When I force myself to study at senior high school
Personal effectiveness
Capitalize opportunity to overcome my weakness
Multiply my strength to managing threat
7 habit of highly effective people
Be proactive
Begin with the end in mind
Put first thing first
Think win, win, and win
Seek to first understand, then to be understood
Synergize
Sharpen the saw
My role in AIESEC
Make myself feeling good making others feeling good about themselves through capitalizing myself.
Managing a great team
The Ingredients of a good team
Clear roles and responsibilities
Open and honest communication
A supportive and knowledgeable manager/leader
Decision making authority
Reward and recognition
Team management flow
Planing
Organizing : knowing the member, what they want, they need, and they do
Developing : how to make the member be a leader
Monitoring : how planing still work ps at the team, answering
Evaluating : to understand the planing, the value of managing and managed
Responsibility to
Manager manage the works but Leader lead the people
People skill :
Understanding ourselves and moderating our responses
Talking effectively and empathizing accurately
Building relationships of trust, respect
5 basic people skill :
Don’t per-judge
Be a good listener
Sound moderated
Thank people
Offer a solution : it’s what shout engineer have, I think
Additional value
Balancing between doing great and having fun
Ability to people awareness and being empathic to our team
3 magic statement
Always have a positive think
Good communication
I know what should i do
Be outstanding manager : by value we deliver it
Project management lifecycle : every activity is project
Planning : process of thinking about the activities
Need a plan because there is a bridge between where we are and where we go
What we want to achieve?
How we do it?
When we do it?
keep us on track we make and do SMART planning
Specific, measurable, attainable, relevance, time bound
Urgent and important : manage
Important : focus
Urgent : delegate
Not : avoid
I don’t know what happen tomorrow, so I do it now!!
I’m not a man of success, but I’m man of value
I don’t wait, I do now
-BD, Indonesian performance and main strategy
Expanding our reach : yellow
Promotion and network activity
Market expansion
Raising team, oprec
Main challenge : hard to maintain, in developing product
Team management, in holiday
Member confident about the product
Market knowledge about aiesec
Research and innovation : yellow
Using more integrated research
Account management and audience government
Form institution
Functional coordination ex/project
Main challenge :
Product development
Lack in university and government
Unmatched between supply and demand
Lack of product development knowledge and mindset
Relationship management with partner and alumni : yellow
Regular account management system
Synergy between related department
LC up date by newsletter
Regular partnership review and satisfaction
Main challenge :
Databased review and management
Member education and tracking
High quality and relevance stakeholder gathering
Promise delivery quality
capitalization of organization to support our operation : yellow
Research result follow up
Raising competition
Networking activity improvement
Good account management
Main challenge :
lack of HR
Education to execution
Research management
Capacity to crate high quality and relevant networking event
Massive and right brand positioning
-The final answer
Stand up and change the future. How we build our story
Every great story have great process
5 month next :
Make LC Surabaya to be MMC Indonesia
Apply as manager
Build UC ITS
Indonesia calling : march beyond legacy
Closing plenary
Thank for who make it happen
engineering physics week 2013 by engineering physics student council
