In this landmark BBC series, Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of how our planet works and how, over the course of 4.6 billion years, it came to be the remarkable planet it is today. Examining the great forces that shape the earth – volcanoes, the ocean, the atmosphere and ice – the...
Calm down, Magneto. Now the magnetosphere is the area around the Earth in which the Earth's magnetic field is felt. It protects us from the Sun's radiation and the flow of particles, which would otherwise strip away – or remov...
Why it’s scary: It’s got all the gothic atmosphere you could hope for from a ghost story set in an old Spanish orphanage: big spooky house, stormy weather, bleak landscapes, familial trauma. On top of that, the film features one of the most eerie children in horror history in the ...
Interesting fact about how much ultraviolet light the Sun emits—and the earth’s atmosphere blocks. If you were exposed to solar UV above the atmosphere without any protection (bare skin) for one second, it would kill you. One minute of exposure at the distance of Pluto would ...
whereas on the moon it's just this inert rock, there's no atmosphere. So every single thing that's happened to the moon in its 4.5 billion worth of history is still recorded there on it. And so if anyone's ever seen an image of the ...
“What I love most about BlackSky is the atmosphere. We have such a talented and fun team here. Oh, and tasking satellites is cool too!” Ian Jonesi Assistant Program Manager “I chose to join the BlackSky team because I saw so much potential for changing how we use imagery and geospa...
It is easy to imagine the moon as an atmosphere-less hunk of rock orbiting Earth. However, while lacking breathable air, our planet's loyal natural satellite companion does have a thin and wispy atmosphere. Chang'e-5 Mission Discovers Significant Water-Rich Mineral in Moon Soil. There's wate...
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For example, light traveling through Earth's atmosphere moves almost as fast as light in a vacuum, slowing down by just three ten-thousandths of the speed of light. But light passing through a diamond slows to less than half its typical speed,PBS NOVAreported. Even so, it travels through ...
The film is scheduled to start shooting in the summer in Los Angeles. Tara Reid's production company, Hi Happy Films, is producing alongside Tommy Reid and Aimee Flaherty. The film is being financed through private equity. Tara Reid, who starred inAmerican Pie,American Pie 2andVan Wilder, ...