Earth
The Stats Are In: No Global Cooling
[/caption] The idea that the world is now cooling has been repeated in opinion columns, talk radio, pundit television and…
Satellite Map
[/caption] There are thousands of satellites overhead in space right now, and many of them are being used to map…
What is the Most Remote Place on Earth?
Have you had enough of kids, car alarms and the obnoxious laugh of your neighbor down the hall? You may…
Earth’s Layers For Kids
My son recently came back from a science day camp with one of the coolest things. It was a model…
How Big is Earth?
[/caption] Here's a question: how big is Earth? Let's take a look at how big our planet is. First, the…
Tsunami Pictures
Tsunamis are some of the most devastating natural disasters. The recent Boxing Day Tsunami was generated by an enormous earthquake…
Pictures of Rivers
Here are some cool pictures of rivers taken by various spacecraft. Here's a picture of the Mississippi river delta. The…
Abiogenesis
[/caption] How did life on Earth arise? Scientific efforts to answer that question are called abiogenesis. More formally, abiogenesis is…
Earth’s Circumference
The Earth's circumference - the distance around the equator - is 40,075 kilometers around. That's sounded nice and simple, but…
Magnetic North Pole
[/caption] The Earth has a magnetic field, known as the magnetosphere, that protects our planet from the particles of the…