THE MOON IN ECLIPSETHE LUNAR SURFACEPHASES OF THE MOONFIND OUT MORECircling round Earth once a month, the Moon is our planet’s only natural satellite. As the Moon orbits Earth, our view of…
SPEEDING ROLLER COASTERSPEEDVELOCITYACCELERATIONFIND OUT MOREEverything in the world is moving. Even things that seem still are in motion, because the atoms inside them are vibrating. An object…
RUNNING GAZELLEGLIDERJET PROPULSIONFLYINGMUSCLESSKELETONFIND OUT MOREAll animals are mobile for at least some part of their lives because they need to find food. Most movement is controlled by…
MINIATURE ENGINENANO MEDICALCARBON NANOTECHNOLOGYFIND OUT MORENanotechnology gives us the ability to make incredibly small objects. Some of its methods came from microchip technology. Shapes are…
CLOUDS AMONG THE STARSLIFE CYCLE OF STARSFIND OUT MOREThe spaces between the stars are not completely empty, but are filled with clouds of gas and dust called nebulas. We can see nebulas when…
BLUE PLANETNEPTUNE’S RINGSTRITON’S GEYSERSFIND OUT MOREAlmost the same size and colour as Uranus, Neptune orbits about 1.6 billion km (1.0 billion miles) further from the Sun than Uranus.…
LIQUID NITROGENLIGHTNINGFERTILIZING SOILEXPLOSIVESNITROGEN CYCLEFIND OUT MORENitrogen is needed to make proteins, which are vital to life. Plants and animals recycle nitrogen through the air and…
EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORYMAUNA KEA OBSERVATORYVERY LARGE ARRAYFIND OUT MOREOptical observatories study the visible radiation (light) from objects in space, and most are located high up on…
COASTAL (NERITIC) ZONEOPEN OCEAN ZONESOCEAN CURRENTSTIDESWAVESFIND OUT MOREAbout 71 per cent of our planet’s surface is covered by oceans and seas. In order of size, the five great oceans are…
OXYGEN FOR LIFEBIOGRAPHY: JOSEPH PRIESTLEY British, 1733-1804OXYGEN CYCLEFIND OUT MOREOn Earth, oxygen is more common than any other element. It is an invisible, odourless gas that makes up 21…
