Time zones in a Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion map
Dymaxion map of world time zones departs from the traditional linear, West-to-East representation to propose a view of the world
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Space
Space without the space: the Solar system’s solid surfaces stitched together
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are the biggies planets of our Solar System. If we take relative masses of the
Read More(Is there) Life on Mars?
Is there life on Mars? It depends how you interpret the question. The chances of anything coming from Mars are
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Star Mapper: A visualisation based on data from the European Space Agency’s Hipparcos star mapper
The visualisation tour is divided into five sections: Apparent Magnitude, Absolute Magnitude, Hertzsprung-Russell, Motion, and Explore. Apparent Magnitude The apparent
Read MorePerseid meteor shower
This shower peaks in mid-August, when Earth intersects the dust cloud left by comet Swift-Tuttle. On Earth, meteors are called
Read MoreEarth & North America on Jupiter
Jupiter is 300 times more massive than our planet. It’s Great Red Spot is a giant storm vortex twice as
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How would Mars look like with water?
The two Martian polar ice caps seem to be made mostly of water. If only the south polar ice cap melted water cover Mars’s surface to a depth of 11 meters (36 feet).
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