Wandering Stars: a tour of the planets



Based on the Science on a Sphere program "The Wanderers." In ancient times, humans watched the skies looking for clues to their future and to aid in their very survival. They soon observed that some stars were not fixed, but moved in the sky from night to night. They called these stars the wanderers.

At the center of our solar system is the sun, binding the planets with its gravitational pull. From our viewpoint on earth, the sun appears small in the sky, but in reality it dwarfs even Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.

The distance from the sun to the small worlds traveling it are vast. Light takes eight minutes to reach earth, and nearly a day to reach the farthest known bodies. Join us now as we tour our solar system, starting with sun-baked mercury and traveling to the remotest outskirts, where small, icy bodies move with only the faintest connection to our sun.

Mercury
Mercury, the closest planet to Sun is also the smallest terrestrial planet. It o...
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Ravi Zacharias Q & A: Connecting Head and Heart, Evil an illusion, Faithfullness in God's Silence

Ravi Zacharias answers questions about the role of of emotions in our faith, whether evil is just our illusion, and how to remain faithful when God appears silent.

The questions were posed during a meeting at Columbia University.

The audio was downloaded from
http://www.rzim.org/ under the podcast Just Thinking more

Ravi Zacharias Q & A: Why did God Create Us? Are we Born Evil? How to have Discussions with Experts?

Ravi Zacharias answers questions about why did God create us knowing we would sin, whether we are born good or evil, and how to engage in dialogue with those with expertise in other fields.

The questions were posed during a meeting at Columbia University.

The audio was downloaded from
http://www.rzim.org/ under the podcast Just Thinking more

Ravi Zacharias Q & A: Does God Care About Your Happiness and the State of the Church

Ravi Zacharias answers questions about whether God cares about our happiness and compares and contrasts the stagnant church of the West vs the growing church of the East.

The questions were posed during a meeting at Columbia University.

The audio was downloaded from
http://www.rzim.org/ under the podcast Just Thinking more

Ravi Zacharias Q & A: Why Christ and Absolute Morality

Ravi Zacharias answers questions on why Christianity and absolute morality.

The questions were posed during a forum in Seattle.

The audio was downloaded from
http://www.rzim.org/ under the podcast Just Thinking. more

NASA discovers Hidden Portals in space between the Earth and the Sun (Ju...




Is this one of many crackpot theories they have come up with or does it contain any concrete scientific evidence to prove it beyond a shadow of doubt? Could it be another ploy to delude the masses with fables? Nobody can really know for certain.

What sets Curiosity apart from other Mars Rovers?

The Mars Science Lab was launched November 26, 2011, and is scheduled to land on Mars at Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. The rover Curiosity, after completing a more precise landing than ever attempted previously, is intended to help assess Mars' habitability for future human missions. Its primary mission objective is to determine whether Mars is or has ever been an environment able to support life.

Curiosity is five times as large as either of the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit or Opportunity and carries more than ten times the mass of scientific instruments present on the older vehicles. The rover is expected to operate for at least 686 days as it explores with greater range than any previous Mars rover. Here are some of the specs that help set Curiosity apart from the other rovers:

The rover Curiosity is 3 meters in length, and weighs 900 kg, including 80 kg worth of scientific instruments. It is approximately the size of a Mini Cooper automobile.

Once on the surface, Cu...
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