Did you know that the average comets' nuclei, or center, is about 10 miles across? A comet's nuclei can be bigger than that, but 10 miles is about the average. For more cool facts like this, stay tuned to the Science Blurbs blog!
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Did you know that, for movies to be made, they run at a speed faster than our eyes can process? How this works is, up to about 24 pictures a second, or frames per second (FPS), our eye can see that each image is a separate image. But once you go faster than this, the eye doesn't know and it thinks it is one moving image. For more cool facts like this, check back often on the Science Blurbs blog!
Did you know that the Sun is almost 92 million miles away from Earth? This distance is also known as an Astronomical Unit, or AU. For more cool facts like this, check back often on the Science Blurbs blog.
Did you know that there are 118 elements in the periodic table? These elements are the basis for everything in the Univere. For more cool facts like this, be sure to check back often on the Science Blurbs blog!
Did you know that on this day in 1969, Apollo 12 was launched? Apollo 12 was the second mission by the USA to land on the moon. For more fun facts like this, check back often for more Science Blurbs!
Welcome to the Science News Wrapup, where I tell you all the science news of the week. This week; a dwarf planet at the edge of the solar system, constriction on a new telescope, and more.
- On November 10, astronomers, or people who study space, found a dwarf planet at the edge of the solar system. The dwarf planet is 103 AU (Astronimical Units) from the sun. An AU is the distance from the sun to the Earth, which is almost 92 million miles. This means that the dwarf planet is about 9.476 billion miles from the sun. - On November 11, the building of a new telescope was started. The Giant Magellan Telescope, located in Chile, will be probably be in use by 2025. - On November 12, scientists at NASA released new information about carbon dioxide. They said that about half of the carbon dioxide we have released into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels, materials like coal and natural gas, is still in the atmosphere. The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hasn't been seen in hundreds of thousands of years. - On November 12, a glacier in Greenland, called the Zachariae Isstrom, is said to be melting and falling into the Atlantic Ocean. If all of this glacier melts, it could make sea levels around the world rise by 0.5 meters (about 1.64 feet). That's all for this Science News Wrapup. Be sure to stay tuned for more articles and info on science, all right here on Science All Around and the Science Blurbs blog! |
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