I would have to say on the issue of global warming, that I'm against the idea of it. Before I did my research I thought it made a lot of sense. Hearing about the poles melting and that polar bears might be extinct. However now, I realize that most, if not all the hysteria has been from the media! People buy into the sad stories and pictures of animals becoming extinct because of global warming. Then the media expands on that sympathy with extreme exaggerations on climate change, so that you becom fearful for your own lives.

I have information though, that will hopefully let you see global warming the way I do. First off, what is global warming? An appropiate definiton is that it is a hypothesis that humans are causing our atmoshpere to become hotter by burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon dioxide into the air. Now a key word here is hypothesis, for it is some thing people believe will happen but has not. According to the American Policy Roundtable, over 17,000 scientists have signed a petition saying that humans have not disrupted Earth's climate.

Global Warming Petition                                         We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind. There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth.                                          This petition has been signed by over 31,000 American scientists.

Something else that you need to know, is that temperatures haven't been increasing, If anything they're falling. Ice has not been dissapearing, also. Check otu this website to read more about it: http://www.wtvy.com/weather/headlines/36970994.html

The worst part of it, to me, is how much money we've wasted on global warming and how much money we are going to waste if this obsession continues. I mean in the effort to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, fund scientists research on global warming we have spent over $358 million!

At this point if you still believe global warming to be a catastophic issue, then that's fine. Still, you should at least try to be open-minded, to the fact that your effort and ambiton to save the planet, might just be a waste of time and money.

Citing Sources:

1. http://www.aproundtable.org/tps30info/globalwarmup.html

2. http://www.oism.org/pproject/ 

The celstial object I chose was dark matter. I found this object to be extremely interesting because it is something that no one can see. I mean you know about planets, comets, and even other galaxies, but dark matter is a whole new idea to consider! There is a lot of different matter in the universe. However, it seems like there must be more matter moving around in outerspace. A type of matter that is perhaps invisible to the human eye. Many scientists believe that we only account for 10% of mass in the universe! The exsistence of dark matter has not been proven yet, but there is increasing evidence. Dark matter is said to be a part of the gravatational bind that holds the universe together and yes, even light. Now there is not an exact distance between dark matter and the earth, but there is a certain type of dark matter. It is called Massive Compact Halo Objects and it is made of ordinary matter. Since they are said to exist in planets, moons, and stars it may exist in our earth. This type of matter is only beliveved to make up some of  the dark matter in the universe. Another type of matter called Weakly Interactive Massive Particles is still a theory, but if prove could account for most of dark matter in the universe.

http://www.seasky.org/celestial-objects/dark-matter.html

So the other day I was watching the hilarious double rainbow song, and two questions came to mind. First: Is there really such thing as a double rainbow or is it called something else? Second: How do you form a double rainbow? These are science related questions because they ask how this awesome phenomenon is caused and if it is real or not! So be sure to comment with theories you might have 

http://youtu.be/4gCg19xw3B0