Contour News

• Planets by the Dozen.
  A NASA-funded survey set to begin in 2008 could dramatically increase the number of known planets outside our solar system.
  
  
• A Super Solar Flare.
  In September 1859, a solar flare erupted so intense that the explosion itself was visible to the human eye. A ferocious geomagnetic storm ensued in which Northern Lights descended as far south as Cuba, the Bahamas and Hawaii. Meanwhile, telegraph engineers disconnected their batteries and powered communications by electricity from the auroras! Could it happen again?
  
  
• Explore the Ionosphere (from the safety of your own home).
  Today, NASA-funded researchers released to the general public a new "4D" live model of Earth's ionosphere. Without leaving home, anyone can now fly through the layer of ionized gas that encircles Earth at the edge of space itself.
  
  
• The Physics of Whipped Cream.
  An experiment in space has shed new light on the puzzling physics of some everyday substances such as blood, ketchup, motor oil and whipped cream.
  
  
• Moondust and Duct Tape.
  Going to the Moon? Don't forget your duct tape. Thirty-six years ago when Apollo 17 astronauts found themselves a quarter million miles from home with a damaged moonbuggy, a roll of "good old fashioned American gray tape" saved the day.
  
  

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