48. First to the South Pole 49. Other Earth-like planets 50. Dancing lights Additional resources Bibliography Did you know that our planet is rocketing around the sun at 67,000 mph? Or that it may once have been purple? Here are 50 facts about Earth. 1. We're the third rock...
Volcanoes formed the Galapagos Islands as far back as four million years ago, rising out of the sea over a “hot spot” under the Earth’s crust. Many of the younger islands are still over this spot. During the last 200 years there have been as many as sixty eruptions from active ...
As the rift widened with time, it led to the expansion or the spreading of the sea floor. Magma welled up along this rift and formed a new oceanic crust, ultimately forming the Red Sea. The Gulf of Suez is an extension of the Red Sea and gradually took shape due to rifting and seafl...
[/caption]There are many interesting facts about comets. Some are about the different parts of the comet, others are about the effects that comets have had on humans and their behavior. This article will let you know about the different parts of the comet, the orbital habits of a comet, ...
Interesting Facts about Earth: Space 1. Earth is a fast-moving spacecraft We’re living in a big,fast-moving (really fast!) spacecraft. Even when you’re resting on your armchair, you’re flying through space faster than the fastest human-made object ever built: around 1.3 million miles...
It's easy to enumerate more than 10 interesting facts about Saturn, the sixth planet in the solar system, from the fact that it's lighter than water, to the secrets of its subterranean ocean. The outermost planet visible without a telescope, the Roman na
Facts about the Earth The Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing. This deceleration is happening almost imperceptibly, at approximately 17 milliseconds per hundred years, although the rate at which it occurs is not perfectly uniform. This has the effect of lengthening our days, but it happens so...
Amazing facts about Antarctica: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica is the driest place in the world. This photo shows the Wright Valley of the McMurdo Dry Valleys from the Bull Pass. Photo by David Saul – Own work, Public Domain,Link
Interesting Facts and Information About an Earthquake for Children Listed below are 15 interesting and amazing kid-friendly earthquake facts. There are twenty plates in the earth’s crust which move slowly, continuously and at different speeds. Geologists believe that the fastest shifting of a plate...
14. Denali is almost in the Arctic One of the most interesting facts about Denali is its location. At 63° North, it is positioned just 3° degrees south of the Arctic Circle, the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude. ...