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View ArticleNew NASA Study Shows That Hydrofluorocarbons Contribute to Ozone Depletion
According to new research from NASA, chemical coolants known as hydrofluorocarbons that are found in refrigerators and in home and automobile air conditioners, contribute to ozone depletion by a small...
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View ArticleNew Research Shows Greenland Ice Sheet Movement is Decreasing Despite Warming
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View ArticleOrder Of the Planets From The Sun
Planets and other objects in our Solar System. Credit: NASA. Remembering the order of the planets can be a tricky task. With eight celestial bodies, and all the names taken from classical nomenclature,...
View ArticleEarth May Be “Hairy” with Dark Matter
This illustration shows Earth surrounded by filaments of dark matter called “hairs. A hair is created when a stream of dark matter particles goes through the planet. A new study proposes that Earth and...
View ArticleZodiac Signs and Their Dates
A chart of the constellations and signs that make up the zodiac. Credit: NASA Did you know that there are 88 constellations in the night sky? Over the course of several thousand years, human beings...
View ArticleWhat are the Earth’s Layers?
There is more to the Earth than what we can see on the surface. In fact, if you were able to hold the Earth in your hand and slice it in half, you’d see that it has multiple layers. But of course, the...
View ArticleHappy Marriage of ULA and Orbital ATK Set for Atlas V Blastoff of Cygnus...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The unplanned ‘Happy Marriage’ of United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Orbital ATK is set to give birth Sunday, Dec. 6, to a Cygnus cargo freighter bound for the International...
View ArticleMars Compared to Earth
At one time, astronomers believed the surface of Mars was crisscrossed by canal systems. This in turn gave rise to speculation that Mars was very much like Earth, capable of supporting life and home to...
View ArticleSpectacular Blastoff of Atlas Cygnus Ignites Restart of American Cargo...
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Spacecraft carrying vital cargo to resupply the International Space Station lifts-off aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com KENNEDY SPACE...
View ArticleHow Many Moons Does Mars Have?
Image of the Martian Moon of Deimos, as imaged by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: HiRISE/MRO/LPL (U. Arizona)/NASA Many of the planets in our Solar System have a system of moons. But among the...
View ArticleSee What Astronauts Have To Say About The Paris Climate Talks
Sometimes to confront a huge problem, you need to step back and get a better perspective. When it comes to global issues like climate change, there’s really only one place to go to get a worldwide...
View ArticleHow Strong is Gravity on Other Planets?
Gravity is a fundamental force of physics, one which we Earthlings tend to take for granted. You can’t really blame us. Having evolved over the […] Read more... © Ageekk
View ArticleWhat Is The Heliocentric Model Of The Universe?
The Scientific Revolution, which took in the 16th and 17th centuries, was a time of unprecedented learning and discovery. During this period, the foundations of […] Read more... © Ageekk
View ArticleWhat Is The Atmosphere Like On Other Planets?
Here on Earth, we tend to take our atmosphere for granted, and not without reason. Our atmosphere has a lovely mix of nitrogen and oxygen […] Read more... © Ageekk
View ArticleSpace Zinnias Rebound from Space Blight on Space Station
Zinnia experimental plants growing aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have staged a dramatic New Year’s comeback from a potential near death experience over the […] Read more... © Ageekk
View ArticleWhat Is The Geocentric Model Of The Universe?
During the many thousand years that human beings have been looking up at the stars, our concept of what the Universe looks like has changed […] Read more... © Ageekk
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