by Mark Hughes There are more than 140 known moons throughout our solar system. Most are barren rock, while some have atmospheres, volcanoes, and maybe even oceans of liquid…
What is this job like? Do you know where your backyard ends and your neighbor's yard begins? Have you ever wondered how maps are created? These are questions for a surveyor. Surveyors measure and…
Dec. 21, 2016 5:44 A.M. EDT (10:44 UT), marks the solstice—the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere by Ann-Marie Imbornoni…
About 8,000 mini-quakes a day, and on average, one exceptionally big one per year by Borgna Brunner Earthquakes in residential areas, such as this 1964 one in Seward, Alaska, can…
There are dozens of theories to explain a probable cause or causes. Throughout the Mesozoic Era, individual dinosaur species were evolving and becoming extinct for various reasons. The unusually…
If you had a time-machine, what time and place would you visit? by Aliza Sally's Adventure Dear Diary, The strangest thing happened today. I was sick in bed and suddenly the…
WHAT IS THE SUN MADE OF? WHAT IS THE SURFACE OF THE SUN LIKE? SOLAR ECLIPSESFIND OUT MOREAt the center of the Solar System is the Sun, a vast globe of glowing gas that pours energy into space as…
You’ve probably heard of the theory of relativity. And you may even know that motion, mass, energy, time and space are all relative. But if you’re confused about what any of that actually means…
activist, writerBorn: 1959Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Winona LaDuke, active in American Indian environmental issues since her teen years, gained nationwide attention as vice presidential…
