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The Moon photographed through the layers of the atmosphere from the ISS in December 2003 (NASA/JSC) What lives at the edge of space? Other than high-flying jet aircraft pilots (and the occasional daredevil skydiver) you wouldn’t expect to find many living things over 10 kilometers up — yet this is exactly where one NASA researcher [...]
Updated:Jan. 30 Two teens from Toronto,Canada have launched “Lego Man in Space” using a helium filled weather balloon and captured stunning video of the miniature toy figure back dropped by the beautiful curvature of Earth and the desolate blackness of space that’s become a worldwide YouTube sensation – over 2 million hits ! 17 year [...]
Ultraviolet rays are electromagnetic waves that are energetic enough to damage cells and can even cause skin cancer. If you look at the electromagnetic wave spectrum, you’ll find ultraviolet or UV waves (or rays) right after visible light and before X-rays. Light rays have lower frequencies than UV while X-rays have higher frequencies than UV. [...]
The ozone layer hole refers to a depleted region of the ozone layer found above the Antarctic. Actually, the deterioration of the ozone layer, which has been happening since the 1970′s, is a global phenomenon. However, the worst deterioration is concentrated right above the Earth’s South Pole, in the Antarctic. It is this region that [...]
