Solar System Facts
There’s a whole lot more to the Solar System than you learned from good old Mrs. Magillicuddy teaching science class back in the early school days. People used to think of it as just a simply vast place, consisting of…
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Interesting Moon Facts
The Moon has been revolving around the Earth for about 4.5 billion years, and it’s one-quarter the size of our planet. Its innermost core is made up of iron, nickel, and sulfur. The two outer layers comprise a real potpourri…
About Our Sun
Throughout history people have felt an inexorable draw to the Sun, an irresistible compulsion to set our clocks by its rays, and to honor it as the center of the universe. When you realize that the Sun makes up 99…
Five Things You Didn’t Know About the Stars!
Second star to the right and straight on till morning: That’s how you get to Never-Never Land, according to Peter Pan. Have you ever realized that the stars are the building blocks that make up the universe? How else would…