The solar system formed from dust grains and eventually built up into planets. On the way to making planets some dust grains only formed up to a small size (compared to a planet) and remain at this size today. These rocks are called asteroids. If it wasn’t for these rocks the planets would not have [...]
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Atmosphere’s of the Gas Giants
I looked at the atmospheres of the terrestrial planets in an earlier post and now it is time to look at the other planets especially Jupiter. These are just totally weird planets. it is not possible to land a spacecraft on the surface of Jupiter as, by today’s standards, your spacecraft would be crushed to [...]
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Volcanoes on Earth and Beyond
Volcanoes are one of those great forces of nature that we take almost for granted on Earth. I am not sure that I would take it for granted if I lived right next to a volcano but on the overall scheme of things they are part of the Earth’s make up and mold the Earth [...]
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Solar System Creation In a 10 Minute Read.
Wouldn’t it be good to know how you got here? Well unfortunately the answer to that is unknown. It has been thought about for a long, long time and one day we will probably know the answer. What we do have good idea about though is how the solar system formed. Throughout the galaxy gigantic [...]
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Part 2:Half a Cup of Coffee and a Continuation of the Tour around the Solar System
After flying around the solar system in my bubble I have landed on Mars and am very close to Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is about 90,000 feet above the surface of Mars. This is about three times the height of Everest. It is about 480 km across at its base and at its top is [...]
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Part 1:A Cup of Coffee and a Light Speed Tour around the Solar System
Planet Earth is getting boring. You have seen most of the countries and most of the inhabitants and swam beneath the sea, what else is there to do? Admittedly the oceans haven’t been explored to their full extent and some intense exploration needs to be done but sitting down and watching TV you can see [...]
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Best of the Week Podcast-Giant Ribbon at the Edge of the Solar System: Mystery Solved?
Last year, when NASA’s IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) spacecraft discovered a giant ribbon at the edge of the solar system, researchers were mystified. They called it a “shocking result” and puzzled over its origin. Now the mystery may have been solved. [podcast]http://www.weirdwarp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/giant ribbon.mp3[/podcast]
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Best of the Week Podcast- A Man, A Planet and Loads of Controversy
ENCORE While the Kepler spacecraft hunts for habitable planets beyond the solar system, we’ve let one of our own planets slip away! Find out why Pluto’s demotion to dwarf status created a public uproar as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reads us his hate mail. From third-graders! Also, how we might find Earth-like planets… the possibility [...]
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Terraforming the Solar System, Let’s Start Our Holiday Home!
Have you ever worried about global warming? Have you ever got fed up with your mundane existence and wanted adventure? Have you ever been curious? If some of these apply to you then perhaps you should terraform another planet. There is a problem with that solution though, it’s quite a large undertaking for an individual. [...]
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Best of the Week podcast- Kuiper Belt at a Childs Level.
What is the Kuiper Belt? by Susan, Amanda & Kevin Murph. Susan Murph from the How to Grow Your Geek Podcast and her children Amanda and Kevin discuss Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. [podcast]http://www.weirdwarp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/kuiper belt.mp3[/podcast]
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Best Of The Week Podcast- Will Large Engineering Jobs Ever Occur?
The search for astro-engineering by SETI and others. Will these massive engineering projects seen in modern Si-Fi one day become a reality? [podcast]http://www.Weirdwarp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Astro engineering.mp3[/podcast] Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) Posts
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Carnival Of Space #123
Normally I write an article on physics or space but sometimes I will be going through a few links of a few blogs that are quite good for all sorts of things about space and physics. This is called a carnival and if you look on the Internet you’ll find a lot of other links [...]
