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Dear Mr. Pahl
ReplyDeleteI can't get over how awesome that movie is. I mean I did't even know about those bigger stars.
From, Claire
Dear Claire,
DeleteI agree that there were a lot of stars that were pretty big.
Sincerely Ludvig
Dear Class,
ReplyDeleteI thought I knew a lot about space but I guess I was wrong. I never thought that the Earth was so small compared to Neptune and Jupiter. It is crazy how big planets are don’t you think?
From, Gavin
Dear Gavin, maybe there is a planet as big as our universe, but that planet is inside another universe 1,000 times as big as our universe, because we only discovered 1/6 of our own universe. There are lots more to discover, Gavin, what if there was actually life on a very large planet on the outskirts of our universe? Who knows what is out there in space, maybe a square planet with triangular aliens?
DeleteFrom, Fiona
I was very interested in that video because I didn’t know how big stars and planets can get. How big can the universe possibly be?
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Sophia
Dear Sophia, I don't know how big our universe is except all I know is that our universe is 14 gigaparsecs (the largest unit of measurement) in diameter. The Great Sloan Wall is made of galaxies and is 1.38 billion light-years long, the largest object in the universe, but we don't live in it. Maybe there will be a probe sent from NASA to discover unknown universes! Have a nice day!
DeleteFrom, Fiona.
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteThank you for letting us do science about Space. I am starting to enjoy it already because I didn’t know that there were more than 1 galaxy in Space.
Sincerely,
Avery
Dear Mr.Pahl, I never knew that it would take 1,100 to 1,200 years for an airplane to travel around V.Y.Canis Majoris! I learned the “1,200 years" part from Scale of The Universe 2, but this episode was awesome because it showed how small the sun is from all the giants and supergiants. Maybe we can play Scale of The Universe 2 someday to learn all about this topic.
ReplyDeleteSincerely, Fiona Cooper.
ReplyDeleteDear Class,
I can’t wait to learn more about space! It’s so fun and interesting to learn about and I also did not know how big those stars were! I wonder how far away the Milky way is from our solar system?
Sincerely,
Karoline
Dear Karoline, our solar system IS in the Milky Way galaxy, because people keep saying we live in the Milky Way and those astronomer people are right, we live on the Sagittarius arm of our galaxy, the arm closest to the outer arm.
DeleteIf our solar system was not in the Milky Way, we wouldn't find more solar systems, and life facing nosy stars is NOT a pleasant experience if we didn't live in the Milky Way. Have a nice day!
From, Fiona.
Dear Mr. Pahl I love space science it is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteSincerely
Makani
Dear Mr. Pahl I didn’t know that there was the biggest star but now I know thanks Mr. Pahl sincerely, Sebastian
ReplyDeleteDear Sebastian, there could be bigger stars, because V. Y. Canis Majoris is the biggest star ever DISCOVERED. There can be more than googleplex unknown stars, even thinking V. Y. Canis Majoris is as small as a speck of dust. Maybe there is a universe that thinks our universe is 1/1,000,000 its size. Have a nice day! From, Fiona.
DeleteDear Mr.Pahl,
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to believe red supergiants can get so big.
Sincerely, River
Hello Julia,
ReplyDeleteDon’t you think that it is amazing how big stars can get like VY Canis Majoris (Red Hypergiant).
I think it is vary interesting to learn about space science because I have always been interested in space and learning about. Do you like learning about space?
Sincerely,
Phoebe
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI did not know there was giant stars in space. And it is amazing that there is 3 billon glaxacies in space that we can learn about.
From, Xavier
Dear, Mr. Pahl
ReplyDeleteI never knew the planets were that big.
From, Eli
Dear Eli
Deleteactually, the big glowing spherical objects are stars! A planet that big would have so much gravitational pull that it would attract everything (even stars) into itself! But who knows. The universe is full of mysteries. Maybe there ARE planets that grow that big. Who knows?
From,
Finnigan (A kid that was in Mr. Paul's class but is in 6th Grade now)
Dear Eli,
DeleteI have the same thoughts as you. I thought that red giants big where until I saw even one star that was bigger, but I had no idea that there was a such thing as a red supergiant, let alone a red hypergiant. Sincerely, River.
Dear Mr Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI`ve always wanted to learn about our universe. Now I know about the stars and the planets and now I know way more!
Sincerely,
Shawn
Dear Shawn,
DeleteI agree with you that I thought I knew a lot about space but now I know even more. I hope that I keep learning awesome new things don’t you?
From, Gavin
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteThis video was so cool. It is awesome to see how small the earth is in comparison to the other planets and stars.
From,
Jen (Sophia's mom)
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteOdd how there are things in the universe that make our planet seem small, but gets dwarfed by something bigger.
Sincerely,
Sylvia
Dear Sylvia, I think our universe can get dwarfed by something way bigger, too, perhaps maybe we are inside a black hole that is 90 times bigger than our universe, with lots of universes inside it, which may solve the mystery why the sky in outer space is pitch black to our universe. There might also be alien giants dwarfing us to 1/9,000,000,000,000 their size!
DeleteFrom, Fiona
Dear Mr. Pahl.
ReplyDeleteI’ve always wanted to study science. Science has always amazed me.
Sincerely Makani
Dear Makani.
DeleteI agree with you. Science has also always amazed me because of how you never know how things are going to turn out.
From, Gavin
Dear Makani,
DeleteI agree science has always amazed me too.
Sincerely Ludvig
Dear Makani,
DeleteI agree science has always amazed me too.
Sincerely, Ludvig
Dear anyone who reads this,
ReplyDeleteJust think the sun is like x100 bigger than the earth and the sun is like x100 smaller than some of the stars!
From, Linnea
Dear Linnea, there might be something that is not a universe that is 9,000,000,000 times bigger than our universe that is not a universe. What could it be? What does space look like if we zoom out of our home universe? Just keep questioning and have a nice day! From, Fiona.
DeleteDear Mr. Paul
ReplyDeleteDid you know that when we see those stars on a telescope the light from that star takes 1,000s of years to get to Earth. So we are looking at the star over 1,000 years in the past! Which makes scientist think that if you look far enough into the universe you will see the big bang!
From,
Finnigan
Dear room 12 Space Cadets,
ReplyDeleteWe are just tiny specs of dust (or maybe even smaller) in this solar system. This solar system is just a tiny spec of dust (or even smaller) in this galaxy. This galaxy is just a spec in the Universe, and this universe is just a tiny spec in, who knows what.
There is much to learn.
Fiona's Dad, Matt.
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteIt most surprised me when I saw how many other stars we know about. I would like to learn more about dwarf planets and how the solar system was formed.
From, Linnea
Dear Room 12,
ReplyDeleteI really liked those huge stars especially the Red Hypergiant it was my favorite fact was it took 1100 days to circle it one time
Sincerely, Gurshaan (Devins Little Brother)
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI did not know there were that many stars or planets. Including the size of Neptune. It is a giant planet and Sirius A is bigger than the sun. The pistol star you would think it is the biggest star ever compared to the sun because I can’t believe it is so big. I can’t believe VY Manis Majoris is so big it is giant.
From Benjamin,
Dear, Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that there was a star bigger than the sun, and I can’t believe that it would take 1100 years to just circle one time around VY Canis Majoris!!
By: Elizabeth
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI can’t believe that there could be so many dwarf planets in our solar system, but I was surprised that Earth was made from the sun and all the other planets. I wonder how are planet made water.
Sincerely, your student Charlie
Dear 4th graders,
ReplyDeleteThere are 8 planets but if you count the dwarf planets that would be 8+3=11 planets in our solar system.
The stars that we know that are suns to different planets we only know 10 stars the biggest one that we know is VY Canis Majoris (red hyper giant).
Sincerely,
Eric
Dear, Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the Heliosphere is like a bubble and is the Heliosphere bubble blue at all? And is there more outside of the Heliosphere bubble?
By: Elizabeth
Dear Mr. Paul,
ReplyDeleteI was surprised that there could be such a big star in the universe but yet it is just middle sized star right. I mean it would take about 1,100 years to get there.
Sincerely, your student Charlie
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteNo I could not imagine that size of VY canis majorois I mean 2.8.00.000.000 km.!
Sincerely, Charlie
Dear Mr. Pahl and fourth graders,
ReplyDeleteWow that video I just watched is so amazing! I had no idea that there are 9 other different stars out there that is bigger than the sun!
I’m amazed,
From, Ellis
Wow I couldn’t believe my self it would take 1100 year’s just to go around VY Canis majoris.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Jackson
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI want you to teach us how big VY Canis Majoris the largest known star is compared to Earth Moon. It would be amazing for you to teach us how warm VY Canis Majoris is. I would love to know how close to VY Canis Majoris you can get to without burning.
Sincerely,
Kyle
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI couldn’t believe that how big Vy canis majorois. It is super big!
From, Maximus
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI am glad I watched that video I had no idea there were that many stars. But I could not imagine the canis majorois 2.800.000.000 km.
From,Sarah.H
Dear fourth graders,
ReplyDeleteI think it’s so cool that the planets just keep on getting bigger and bigger as it gets farther and farther away from earth and at the very last and biggest planet it shows earth. It’s such a tiny dot.
Sincerely,
Neri
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI never knew that there was a star that was humongous compared to Earth. I really want to learn about different galaxies and planets like Venus and Saturn. I hope you show us more videos about space because your showing and teaching us about things we never knew about!
Charlize