Human interest in space and its secretsOuter space as we know it does not visibly change much, but in the distance we can see many things; the activity is continuous. Suns collapse, planets form, and space expands all around us far beyond our wildest dreams. Humans are working to learn how and why the sun explodes and how the planets formed. Humanity has long yearned for the stars with wonder and amazement. Using the stars for everything from understanding our purpose to finding our way when we're lost in the night, space is a big part of our daily lives. Over the past 100 years, our technology has allowed humanity to delve deeper into the space surrounding our planet Earth. Most people have shown more desire than others to explore the limits of our galaxy. In 1967, the first space flash was observed and being curious, humans focused on finding the reason behind it. The faint flash observed was the first recorded observation of a gamma-ray burst. (Gehrels, Piro & Leonard, 2002) Something so powerful that a human could witness it from 9 billion light years away. It took over 35 years of scientific and space exploration to decide on an infinitive response to flashes of light. Light explosions in space Brilliant bursts of light appeared to coincide with supernovas and the disappearance of visible light, X-rays and radio interference. The blinding bursts of light are now thought to be imploding solar stars, but the light emitted is misleading. For reasons still unknown, some stars emit short bursts of radiation, others emit longer-lasting amounts of radiation. These supernovas distort the surrounding solar systems and the visible light from the gamma-ray bursts bypasses us as observers...... middle of paper ......tem, all terribly cold. Although Pluto is too far from the Sun to reach room temperature, it contains organic compounds locked in the planet's frozen ice. As Pluto moves further from the sun, its atmosphere condenses and becomes more difficult to study. Pluto's orbital period around the sun is 248 years, and its closest was in 1989, so Pluto's observation period is slowly ending for the next century. Man's desire to learn the inner workings of the entire universe has led astronomers over a magically long and interesting period. journey through our galaxy. In a desire to learn, astronomers have discovered Suns in distant solar systems growing, imploding, and shaping the solar systems around them. Pluto and the Kuiper Belt allow astronomers to examine the organic compounds that remain from the beginning of the formation of our own solar system..