With its center around 2.7 AU from the sun, the belt separates Mars and the other rocky planets from the massive, cold gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn. For a closer look at asteroids within the belt, see the next page. The Kirkwood Gaps The gravitational force of Jupiter still ...
And when might the machines on Mars get human company? Will humans ever set foot on the Red Planet? Nobody's quite sure but at least you can read up on all things Mars while you wait. Get ready future astronauts because today we're talking Mars. How did it form? What's the ...
Today, Kevin Clark, host of This is Football, helps sift through the playoff implications at both levels and shares his recipe for understanding the difference between matchups of both the savory and unpalatable varieties. Other topics include-Can Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins get back into ...
Proximity to our star and possessing particles are no guarantee of warmth, though.Mercury— closest to the sun — is blisteringly hot during the day and frigidly cold at night. Its temperatures drop to a low of 95 Kelvins (-288 ⁰Fahrenheit/-178 ⁰Celsius ). A false color composite ...
The thermometer contains some type of fluid, generally mercury. Bulb thermometers rely on the simple principle that a liquid changes its volume relative to its temperature. Liquids take up less space when they are cold and more space when they are warm (this same principal works for gases and...
Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, located about 56 miles southwest of Tucson, Ariz., in the Tohono O'odham Nation.Rob Sparks/Associated Press The final weeks of December often provide some interesting weather and so does the night sky, which will be a star...
In practice, we prefer a hood in most instances including daily wear (it’s always nice to throw the hood on when the mercury drops) and for backpacking (we often wear the hood at night). But for use as a midlayer for activities like downhill skiing, we don’t recommend going with ...
France does not own land in the Arctic Circle. Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark and Iceland are the only eight countries that own land in the Arctic Circle. Read More: What Is the Arctic Circle? 9 Stone-cold Facts About the Region 3. What is the wor...
The planetismals in the outer solar system were mostly gas, water ice and dust that could exist in the cold environment. As the planets formed, gravity held the aggregated planetismals together and caused them to spin. Naboo is an Earth-like planet, so let's look at the formation of ...
Should You Remove Your Dental Mercury Amalgams? NaturopathDr. Case Adamsdoes a fine job weighing the pros and cons of removing dental amalgams in his article,Should We Remove Our Amalgam Dental Filings? Here’s a summary of his research: ...