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Space Missions in the Last 50 Years
Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:29 PM

National Geograhic has mapped close to 200 space explorations missions in the picture below. Most have been to our closest neighbors, Venus and Mars and our Moon. Click image to view full size. Read More...

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Filed under: Moon, Inner Planets, Outer Planets, Asteroid Belt

Interesting Facts about the Moon
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 6:25 PM

Diameter is 1/4 the size of Earth's diameter. Gravity is about 1/6 of Earth's gravity. This is too weak to maintain an atmosphere. The Moon's gravity is still enough to affect the tides on the Earth. The same side of the Moon is always facing Earth because the Moon's rotation is synchonous with its revolution around Earth. The Moon is slowing... Read More...

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Earthshine can be used to find another habitable planet
Thursday, April 09, 2009 4:32 PM

Earthshine is sunlight that bounces off of the earth and onto other objects in space. A study was performed to measure the difference of the amount of earthshine coming from the continents on Earth as compared to the amount of earthshine coming from the oceans. It was found that the shine from the oceans was quite intense compared to the dimmer shine from the... Read More...

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Filed under: Moon, Sun, Earth