The Sun is the center of our solar system, but it doesn’t stay in one place. It orbits around the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, which is a spiral galaxy. It’s located about two-thirds of the way out from the center of the Milky Way, which is about 28,000 light–years away....
We basically have no idea how many stars there are in the universe. Right now we use our estimate of how many stars there are in our own galaxy,the Milky Way. We then multiply that number by the best guesstimate of the number of galaxies in the universe. After all that math, NASA ca...
some lego bricks and a room. ask your child to imagine shrinking down the milky way galaxy – all 300 billion stars of it – to the size of the continental united states, or mainland china or australia (for these illustrative purposes, we always allow a bit of leeway with the ...
June 10: Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)—a 12-step program that helps its members to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety—was founded in Akron, Ohio. AA paved the way for other 12-step groups, including Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Debtors Anonymous (DA), and Food Addicts Ano...
Charming facts about Greek culture, food and wine 72) Ouzo is magic Okay, not exactly. But this anise-flavored liquor, which Greeks drink with appetizers, has a magical quality – it turns from clear to milky white when water or ice is added to it. And it performs its happiness-inducing...
The Milky Way Galaxy is about 100,000 light years across. At the center of our galaxy, scientists believe is a supergiant black hole. Our sun follows an elliptical orbit and lies about 25 - 28, 000 light years from the center. Just as the planets and everything else in our solar ...
Observed every year on March 7th, the holiday honors the great state of Wyoming and the people who live here. Check out these five fun facts about our area code. 1. 307 was one of the 86 original area codes established by the Bell Telephone company in 1947....
► Find an exciting view of the Milky Way Galaxy. ► Watch a collection of educational solar system movies to learn about space-related topics including Earth's moon phases, Earth's cycles, tidal phenomena, and zodiacal constellations.* ...
acceleration that is important; it's the change of frame. Until John and Hunter returned to a frame of reference where their relative motion was zero (where they are standing beside each other) they would always disagree with what the other said he saw. As strange as this seems, there ...
Space Odyssey application is filled with amazing facts about space to study, fun puzzles for kids, explore amazing photos of space and also there is quiz to tes…