Gas giants (not the political ones) What do Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune have in common? Besides being cool to look at through telescopes and space probe pictures, they’re all known as gas giants. (yeah, like most politicians) And that means they’re considered low density and made up mostly of hydrogen and helium. It’s good to know what they’re made of … The rest of the story…
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Backwards and forwards – it’s all so confusing If you’re like most humans…and you are…then you like things to make sense. You don’t like it when life gets all backwards and forwards and discombobulated. (I love that two dollar word) And it makes total sense that you want things to make sense. But why is that? Since we’re all supposed … The rest of the story…
Check out this close up of what appears to be an ancient body of water on Saturn. Baffled scientists are calling it the Saturn Rings River. Note the pitted areas on the surface. Many have speculated the surface is gaseous, but this image clearly depicts something more along the lines of metamorphic materials. Also, you can see where the Saturn … The rest of the story…