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Greetings, earthlings! I come in peace!
 
Greetings, earthlings! I come in peace!
  
Hi! I'm Nia Moreno, and I'm a junior at Walter Payton College Prep. I'm really excited to be a part of the C-WAYS Research Team! I've always been extremely interested in science and research, so this project is an amazing opportunity for me!  
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I'm Nia Moreno, and I'm a junior at Walter Payton College Prep. I'm really excited to be a part of the C-WAYS Research Team! I've always been extremely interested in science and research, so this project is an amazing opportunity for me!  
  
When I'm not spending my time looking up at the stars, I enjoy traveling, taking pictures, writing and listening to music, and volunteering at the Animal Welfare League.
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When I'm not spending my time stargazing, I enjoy traveling, taking pictures, writing and listening to music, and volunteering at the Animal Welfare League.
  
  
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-Giordano Bruno, on the infinite universe and worlds, 1584
 
-Giordano Bruno, on the infinite universe and worlds, 1584
  
 
== Influences ==
 
*Neil deGrasse Tyson
 
  
 
== Things I Like ==
 
== Things I Like ==

Revision as of 18:03, 31 May 2012


"Lost in the milky way, smile at the empty sky, and wait for the moment when a million chances may all collide." -The Lightning Seeds, "The Life of Reilly"

About Me

"Astronomy? Impossible to understand and madness to investigate." -Sophocles, c. 420 BCE


Greetings, earthlings! I come in peace!

I'm Nia Moreno, and I'm a junior at Walter Payton College Prep. I'm really excited to be a part of the C-WAYS Research Team! I've always been extremely interested in science and research, so this project is an amazing opportunity for me!

When I'm not spending my time stargazing, I enjoy traveling, taking pictures, writing and listening to music, and volunteering at the Animal Welfare League.


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One of my favorite images of outer space - this gorgeous ultraviolet image was recorded by NASA's Swift Satellite and is the highest resolution image ever made of the Andromeda Galaxy at ultraviolet wavelengths.


"There is in the universe neither center nor circumference." -Giordano Bruno, on the infinite universe and worlds, 1584


Things I Like

  1. Ms. Barge's Astronomy Class :]
  2. HTML
  3. Photography and Astrophotography
  4. The Electromagnetic Spectrum, particularly infrared and ultraviolet.
  5. Animals

Favorite Astrophotography Websites

Astronomy Picture of the Day

NASA Image of the Day

NASA Images

Hubble Site

Hubble Heritage

WikiSky