How Long to Read The Most Interesting Galaxies in the Universe

How Long Does it Take to Read The Most Interesting Galaxies in the Universe?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 46 minutes to read The Most Interesting Galaxies in the Universe by Joel L Schiff

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Prior to the 1920s it was generally thought, with a few exceptions, that our galaxy, the Milky Way, was the entire Universe. Based on the work of Henrietta Leavitt with Cepheid variables, astronomer Edwin Hubble was able to determine that the Andromeda Galaxy and others had to lie outside our own. Moreover, based on the work of Vesto Slipher, involving the redshifts of these galaxies, Hubble was able to determine that the Universe was not static, as had been previously thought, but expanding. The number of galaxies has also been expanding, with estimates varying from 100 billion to 2 trillion. While every galaxy in the Universe is interesting just by its very fact of being, the author has selected 51 of those that possess some unusual qualities that make them of some particular interest. These galaxies have complex evolutionary histories, with some having supermassive black holes at their core, others are powerful radio sources, a very few are relatively nearby and even visible to the naked eye, whereas the light from one recent discovery has been travelling for the past 13.4 billion years to show us its infancy, and from a time when the Universe was in its infancy. And in spite of the vastness of the Universe, some galaxies are colliding with others, embraced in a graceful gravitational dance. Indeed, as the Andromeda Galaxy is heading towards us, a similar fate awaits our Milky Way. When looking at a modern image of a galaxy, one is in awe at the shear wondrous nature of such a magnificent creation, with its boundless secrets that it is keeping from us, its endless possibilities for harboring alien civilizations, and we remain left with the ultimate knowledge that we are connected to its glory.

How long is The Most Interesting Galaxies in the Universe?

The Most Interesting Galaxies in the Universe by Joel L Schiff is 164 pages long, and a total of 41,656 words.

This makes it 55% the length of the average book. It also has 51% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Most Interesting Galaxies in the Universe Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 47 minutes to read The Most Interesting Galaxies in the Universe aloud.

What Reading Level is The Most Interesting Galaxies in the Universe?

The Most Interesting Galaxies in the Universe is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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