Fifty million years ago, the Cowboy State was crawling with crocodiles. Tha might surprise some people, but the state was a tropical swamp at that time. Nothing like the geology and climate we see today. Fossil records show that crocs lounged in the shade of palm trees from southwestern Wy...
However, those orbits “point” in the same direction, as if they all lined up together. They’re also tilted in the same direction and point about 30 degrees downward from the plane of the solar system. They’re perpendicular to the plane. The chances of both orbital “quirks” are ...
I’m aware of the disadvantage of CDs in that they take up shelf space, but I’m OK with that. I like seeing all thosePlanetsCDs lined up on the shelf. Like Gil RDecember 22, 2020 / 7:12 am Hello. I’m a really new listener of Holst, The Planets and I’m looking for a goo...
Host stars lined up with their exoplanet in silhouette. All here were found by the Kepler space observatory.The third planet orbits much further out, with an orbit around the star lasting between four and 73 days (hey, the readings are still quite new...), meaning that it may ...
My favorite coat is fur lined. My fridge/pantry is always stocked with high quality tea, chocolate, cheese, beer… etc. you name it. Art and music are also very important to me. I am definitely an aesthete in every aspect of life. If it’s not beautiful it’s not worth experiencing...
Scientists are able to calculate the densities of the planets because they happen to be lined up such that when they pass in front of their star, our Earth and space-based telescopes detect a dimming of its light. This is called a transit. The amount by which the starlight dims is relat...
Most of the planets in our own solar system, including Earth, have relatively circular orbits and are lined up along a plane that isn't tilted much from the sun's equator. They also orbit in the same direction around the sun as our star spins. But many other solar systems are not so...
A man walks through an alleyway lined with food stalls in Souq El Attarine. Julian Love / Lonely Planet Fès el-Bali, the medieval heart ofMorocco’s third-largest city, is less medina, more architectural spaghetti. There are in the region of 9400 alleyways, comprising some 14,000...