Science Fact of the Day March 11, 2010
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If you were standing on Mars’ satellite Phobos, you could throw a baseball into orbit and catch it when it came back from the other side.
Science Fact of the Day March 10, 2010
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Globular clusters of stars are the oldest objects we can observe.
Science Fact of the Day March 9, 2010
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The vernacular for the science of dust/plasma in galactic formation is “gastrophysics”.
Science Fact of the Day March 8, 2010
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A Taylor expansion has nothing to do with anyone named Lautner.
Science Fact of the Day March 1, 2010
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Once the Large Hadron Collider is fully powered up, its protons will be travelling 10 km/h slower than light.
Science Fact of the Day February 25, 2010
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This is what happens when smoke rings collide: http://technology.todaysbigthing.com/2009/08/04.
Science Fact of the Day February 24, 2010
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The Universe, as far as we can tell, is electrically neutral. Like Switzerland.
Science Fact of the Day February 23, 2010
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The expansion of the Universe is adiabatic, occurring without exchange of heat. Because … where’s it going to go?
Science Fact of the Day February 22, 2010
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Twenty-five percent of all ordinary matter is helium, which explains why the Universe has such a squeaky voice.
Science Fact of the Day February 19, 2010
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In terms of body lengths per unit time, Anna’s Hummingbird is faster than a re-entry space shuttle.
