Astronomy 1:5

Adorah was finishing up the grading for her classes as the bell rang, signaling the fourth year's entrance. It was her penultimate class with the group, and while she hadn't seen them all the way through their Astronomy curriculum so far, she'd enjoyed getting to know them. As the last student took a seat, she clapped her hands, giving them a welcoming smile. "Kia ora*, hello! Today we're going to look at wormholes," Professor Zumwalt continued, noting some excitement among a few boys in the back.

Today was going to be a rather interesting lesson, as most of it was theory. No one had ever been close enough to a black hole to test the theory before for obvious reasons. "Now, a wormhole is alleged to be the connector between two different points in the universe far apart from each other, and this is supposed to create time travel. The only way this is possible in the magical world is by using a pensive and accessing memories, but even these are not actual solid places you can be. Time travel is possible, but only by going through a wormhole that cuts through time and space. When you enter a wormhole, you go through a process called spaghettification, which is where your bodies are elongated to extreme lengths, probably meaning you would die before getting to the other side."

Professor Zumwalt walked in the front of the classroom, talking with her hands moving to demonstrate the process. "There may be hidden shortcuts for space journeys that would be otherwise impossible for a human to ever complete in a lifetime. If you were to enter a wormhole, you could travel to the destination it leads to much faster than the speed of light, which is excruciatingly fast." Adorah glanced at the clock, noting that class ended in a mere moment. While wormholes weren't her academic specialty, it didn't mean she wasn't fascinated by them. "Well, that is all I can share for now. I do have a homework sheet for you all to do. Please grab it on your way out," she added, dismissing the class.

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*Kia ora means Hello in the Native New Zealand Language, Maori.
For full credit, RP the lesson.
For extra credit (up to 5 points), complete the homework.​

Spoiler: Homework

1.) What does the brightness of a star depend on?

A. the closeness to the Earth.
B. the size of the star.
C. the temperature of the star.
D. all of the above.

2.) Geocentric Universe is the
A. universe revolving around the moon.
B. universe revolving around the Earth.
C. universe revolving around the Sun.
D. universe revolving around the Solar System.

3.) There are a total of _ zodiac constellations and _ main recognized constellations.

4.) Planets that have rings circling the planet include:

Name
House
Fourth Year Lesson 5 Homework

[b]1.)[/b] _

[b]2.)[/b] _

[b]3.)[/b] _ _

[b]4.)[/b] _ _ _ _

 

[Victoria de Lacey]

She couldn't believe the semester was almost over and they would be heading into the review week. She still have some time of course, but that didn't mean she didn't lay awake at night thinking about everything she'd messed up this year, and the things she had learned. Some of it was great and she couldn't wait to get back home to tell her mother about it all - other things weren't so great, and she found herself wondering if those not so great things went into the pot of things her mum disliked about magic. Sometimes she couldn't be sure what aspects her mum enjoyed and what parts she didn't. The other part of course being that she was going to lose access to her brother when he graduated and she had a lot of mixed feelings about that. She was trying to process it but she wasn't sure how she felt about it yet. She already saw her brother less than she would like and this year had been great because she'd seen him almost daily at breakfast and after his games. When he graduated that would stop. She didn't know how she felt about that.

Tori settled into her seat, her eyebrows raising at the topic of wormholes. Could they really connect distant points in the universe? How could they know that? Would magic work on the moon? That was a question she would have loved an answer to actually. Time Travel was also cool and she knew a little bit about that from her research into Hermione Granger for History of Magic. She hung on the professor's, her imagination racing in the thought of spaghettification. Well she didn't want to be spaghettified, that sounded terrifying. The professor continued to demonstrate and Tori pictured herself becoming incredibly thin, like a spaghetti noodle, the strange mental image swirling behind her eyes. This idea that wormholes could aid in travel was a little weird, but she was willing to get behind it. It was theoretical of course, but it was still interesting. When class ended, she eagerly grabbed the homework sheet on her way out, she wanted to dig a little deeper into the idea of wormholes.
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Victoria de Lacey
Gryffindor
Fourth Year Lesson 5 Homework
1.) D
2.) B
3.) 12, 88
4.) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.​

 

[Eurydice Nightray]

Eurydice entered the Astronomy classroom, quietly taking her seat. The lesson was perhaps a little interesting but the late hour was a bit tiring so it was taking a bit of effort to give her whole attention to the class. Wormholes were interesting, she supposed, especially if they really were connected to time travel, though she didn't really care for spaghettification. She was thankful that the lesson ended quickly since that meant she could head to bed so she packed up the rest of her stuff and made sure to give Jonah a tug as she left the classroom.​