Tuesday, 4 June 2024

AM And PM

When you're reading the time AM stands for Anti Meridian, this means before Meridian because the sun hasn't reached the meridian line in the sky from your perspective. 
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PM stands for post meridian because the sun has apparently gone past the meridian line. 

Tuesday, 28 May 2024

Gliese 12

According to the NASA blogs, they have recently discovered a planet going around the red dwarf  star Gliese 12.  The planet is believed get more light from it's star than Earth but less than Venus. 
Gliese is bright for a red dwarf, about half the Brightness of our sun and surprisingly stable. The planet called Gliese 12 B is believed to be a rocky planet with a similar mass to Earth, it may also have a thick atmosphere and liquid water on the surface. 

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Yellow Phone

When you look at yellow colours on your smart phone display you're probably not actually looking at yellow. Most handsets mix red and green light together to create an imitation of yellow but it's not true yellow like a lemon. The receptors in most people's eyes can't tell the difference. 
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Sunday, 14 April 2024

Thin Air

According to astronaut 'Tim Peake', the air quality on the international space station is the same as Earth at sea level. 
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However on commercial airlines the air is usually pressurised to 1,830 - 2,400 meters. The air on a plane is akin to the air on the top of a small mountain, thin and dry.  The air on the international space station is better than the air on an airplane. 

Source : Ask an Astronaut by Tim Peake, ISBN : 978 -1 - 784 - 75948 - 3

Thursday, 11 April 2024

Titan The Moon

Titan, Saturn's Largest moon is only 80% bigger than our own moon but it has a thick atmosphere, lakes made of methane, dunes, mountains and even coastlines. 

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Methane, Propane and Butane are usually gassed on earth, but on Titan they exist as a liquid because the moon is very cold. 

Source : Wikipedia

Friday, 5 April 2024

Cashew Apples

Cashew nuts come attached to an accessory fruit known as a Cashew apple. However the fruit doesn't travel very well, it only stays fresh for a short time and bruises very easily. 

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Cashew apple is used to make all sorts of sweets and puddings. It is even used to make alcoholic drinks. 

Source Wikipedia


Thursday, 4 April 2024

Berry Good

According to the botanical definition of a berry, Raspberries, Strawberries and Blackberries are not berries because they don't come from the single ovary of a single flower. 
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Tomatoes, Cucumbers blue berries and melons are actually berries because they come from single flowers with one ovary. 


Source : Wikipedia