Science anyone?

#1 Granymede
#2 The Orion Arm
#3 A collision between The Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies
#4 Iron
# 5 We are still working on this question

Tam and JJ

1. What Moon in our Solar System has an internally generated magnetic field?
2. Our Solar System is located in what arm of the Milky Way Galaxy?
3. What is Milkomeda?
4. What element is the most dangerous and detrimental to a Star?
5. The Horizontal Direction is Space; the Vertical Direction is Time.
What is a region or area of Space-Time in which neither matter nor light can enter from the outside, but all matter and light can escape?

#1 Granymede
#2 The Orion Arm
#3 A collision between The Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies
#4 Iron
# 5 We are still working on this question

Tam and JJ

JJ and Tammy: Right! Congratulations! Question #5: A little confession might be in line here: This region is only a hypothesis that scientists are attempting to prove or disprove. Hint...think of an "opposite event or area" that exists in space which has, in fact, been proven and - yet - no one has actually seen. 🙂

Cool close ups of Saturn: The Day the Earth Smiled

The Day the Earth Smiled

Thank you!

We are thinking white hole but not sure yet.

We are thinking white hole but not sure yet.

Yes. White Hole is the answer. Science also hypothesizes that a 'wormhole' also exists and it may be a wormhole which connects a black hole and a white hole. However, a black hole resulting from the collapse of a star does not produce a wormhole (another hypothesis); so, what does produce the wormhole phenomenon? Do 'wormholes' actually exist? If so, is there a reason for them in the galactic chaos of space and the universe? Are they shortcuts across galaxies or universes? And so the questions linger on and on.... 🙂 Swan

http://www.universetoday.com/76909/

Good Evening Everyone,

I have enjoyed this live cam of Mom and Baby Panda from the National Zoo and thought you might enjoy them too.
Swan

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/webcams/giant-panda.cfm

Good Evening Everyone,

I have enjoyed this live cam of Mom and Baby Panda from the National Zoo and thought you might enjoy them too.
Swan

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/webcams/giant-panda.cfm

Just a note: At the top of the video picture, you will notice two options: CAM 1 and CAM 2. If the pandas are not on one of them, switch to the other. The baby panda is almost 3 months old and Mom dotes on her little one!

swans, saw the most amazing shooting star last night a little after 11pm,from my deck it was just above buck island.awesome!

swans, saw the most amazing shooting star last night a little after 11pm,from my deck it was just above buck island.awesome!

Hi Lily,
I'm curious if what you actually saw was a part of the Leonids Meteor Showers, which peaked the day before. Usually meteor showers can be seen before and after peak time, although few and far between.

I didn't post the Leonids, because the moon was predicted to be too bright to permit any good degree of visibility in addition to the expected low meteor count per hour showing. Congratulations on your wonderful sighting! Keep looking up!

Swan

Good Evening Everyone,

I have enjoyed this live cam of Mom and Baby Panda from the National Zoo and thought you might enjoy them too.
Swan

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/webcams/giant-panda.cfm

Just a note: At the top left of the video picture, you will notice two options: CAM 1 and CAM 2. If the pandas are not on one of them, switch to the other. Also, the baby may be on one camera while Mom may be on the other in another location. The cameras monitor their movements; they are not still cameras. These are live pictures; oftentimes the Pandas are sleeping so soundly they simply do not move. They are very calm and layback bears. The baby panda is now100 days old.

UPDATE: Baby Panda has been given her New Name now that she turned 100 days old (A Chinese Tradition). She is called Bao-Bao.
Swan

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/12/01/248071531/smithsonian-names-its-new-panda-cub-bao-bao

Good evening everyone,

Just for fun, has anyone ever visited St. Maarten?
Has anyone ever braved the beach on take-off and landing?
Boeing's 747: A passion of mine. LOLs.
Enjoy!
Swan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK3jGwA5tok

G'Day Everyone,

The beauty of lightening as seen from above dazzles the night sky like the shimmering sparkle of millions of diamonds; and northern lights gracefully reach downward to touch Earth - a gift from our star, the Sun.
ISS
Swan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPj8D5KaPVU

This is probably a silly question but as they were talking about the spacewalk on the ISS I was wondering what they use for time reference. Do they use like ET or CT or have military time?

This is probably a silly question but as they were talking about the spacewalk on the ISS I was wondering what they use for time reference. Do they use like ET or CT or have military time?

UTC+0 or ZULU or GMT ie the time at longitude 0 degrees, the prime meridian.

Good evening everyone,

How can you not appreciate the "mini-black hole?" And I'm challenging the scientific theory that "mini-black holes" do not "gobble" up matter as quickly as their Black Hole and Super-Massive Black Hole relatives do: I have a "mini-black hole" in the house, and I am still missing my car keys and several other items... LOL.
Enjoy,
Swan

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/stories/thousands-of-mini-black-holes-bombard-the-earth-every-day

I have a mini black hole in my house as well Swan. It only appears when my youngest grandson visits. It gobbles up cell phones, car keys and the remotes to our tv and other electronics.

Supernova

my star

the space around you is so cold
your iron heart
eleven million years in the making
has left you in darkness

i will not have you fade away

i am no stellar alchemist
if i cannot restore your core
to softer lighter stuff
then let me be like gravity

abandon yourself to me and collapse

if only for an instant
to feel such shockwave
such blaze of radiation
as to tear you open

rid you of your boundaries

that you may flood the heavens
with the light of ten billion suns
and let the conflagration
surge across the universe

long after we are gone

the evidence of our moment
like a million messengers
borne on a wave of photons
bathed in a stream of light

- NANGALEEMA

G'evening everyone,

What is happening with Stephen Hawking and his theory on Black Holes?
Swan

http://www.space.com/24418-stephen-hawking-no-black-holes.html

Opportunity rover marks 10 years on the red planet

NASA's solar-powered Opportunity Mars rover, designed to operate for just 90 days on the red planet's cold, dust-shrouded surface, celebrates 10 years of exploration Friday, enduring a few age-related aches and pains and the occasional "senior moment" but still making valuable observations as it creeps along the rim of an ancient crater.

G'evening everyone,

What is happening with Stephen Hawking and his theory on Black Holes?
Swan
http://www.space.com/24418-stephen-hawking-no-black-holes.html

By G. Lewis: This article is awesome and easy to understand and comprehend as Lewis puts the "Black hole- No Black Hole" issue into some perspective. As he states: " In reality, the headlines should not be “black holes don’t exist” but “black holes are more complicated than we thought, but we are not going to really know how complicated until gravity and quantum mechanics try to get along”.

Swan
http://www.space.com/24478-grey-is-the-new-black-hole-is-stephen-hawking-right.html

Good afternoon everyone.

Is anyone interested in some more Questions on Science ? Please join in and have fun!

1. Which ocean is increasing in size?
2. How many times/second does lightening strike the Earth?
3.Comparitively, what is the Relative Tidal Force of the Sun and the Moon on Earth?
4. What (Phenomenon ?) causes the most chaos in the Universe?
5. On what Planet in our Solar System does it snow Nitrogen and Methane?
6. If you started counting from number 1 and spelled out each number, you won't use the letter 'A' until you reach what number?
7. What is on the 'other side' of a Black Hole?
8. If you weigh 100lbs. on Earth, on what 'Star' would you weigh:
a) 2,707.4 lbs.?
b) 130,000,000 lbs.?
c) 140,000,000,000,000 lbs.?
9. If you weigh 100lbs. on Earth, on what 'Planet' would you weigh:
a) 236.4 lbs.?
b) 106 lbs.?
10. At 49,700 miles long, what is the longest Mountain Range in the world?

Bonus: What is the difference between a Black Hole and the Big Bang in terms of Singularity, Time, and Space?

Enjoy!
Swan

Wow! These are hard questions Swan. This might take a while.

Good afternoon everyone.

Is anyone interested in some more Questions on Science ? Please join in and have fun!

1. Which ocean is increasing in size?
2. How many times/second does lightening strike the Earth?
3.Comparitively, what is the Relative Tidal Force of the Sun and the Moon on Earth?
4. What (Phenomenon ?) causes the most chaos in the Universe?
5. On what Planet in our Solar System does it snow Nitrogen and Methane?
6. If you started counting from number 1 and spelled out each number, you won't use the letter 'A' until you reach what number?
7. What is on the 'other side' of a Black Hole?
8. If you weigh 100lbs. on Earth, on what 'Star' would you weigh:
a) 2,707.4 lbs.?
b) 130,000,000 lbs.?
c) 140,000,000,000,000 lbs.?
9. If you weigh 100lbs. on Earth, on what 'Planet' would you weigh:
a) 236.4 lbs.?
b) 106 lbs.?
10. At 49,700 miles long, what is the longest Mountain Range in the world?

Bonus: What is the difference between a Black Hole and the Big Bang in terms of Singularity, Time, and Space?

Enjoy!
Swan

Anyone? All of the questions don't need answering all at once by any one person. Any favorite? Feel free to jump around!.
Swan

1. Which ocean is increasing in size? Atlantic.
2. How many times/second does lightening strike the Earth? 100
3.Comparitively, what is the Relative Tidal Force of the Sun and the Moon on Earth? Sun is 45% of moon.
4. What (Phenomenon ?) causes the most chaos in the Universe? Butterfly wings.
5. On what Planet in our Solar System does it snow Nitrogen and Methane? Do moons count? Like Triton and Titan. Pluto is no longer a planet.
6. If you started counting from number 1 and spelled out each number, you won't use the letter 'A' until you reach what number? one thousand
7. What is on the 'other side' of a Black Hole? Nothing. A black hole is not a hole.
8. If you weigh 100lbs. on Earth, on what 'Star' would you weigh:
a) 2,707.4 lbs.? Sol
b) 130,000,000 lbs.? White Dwarf
c) 140,000,000,000,000 lbs.? Neutron Star
9. If you weigh 100lbs. on Earth, on what 'Planet' would you weigh:
a) 236.4 lbs.? Jupiter
b) 106 lbs.? Saturn
10. At 49,700 miles long, what is the longest Mountain Range in the world? Mid Oceanic Ridge.

Bonus: What is the difference between a Black Hole and the Big Bang in terms of Singularity, Time, and Space?
A black hole singularity is the dimensionless point where all matter pulled into the back hole is concentrated. It has infinite density and therefore does not exist within space-time as it is the point of infinite curvature of space-time.

The big bang singularity is where all the mass of the universe used to be concentrated. It had all of the properties of a black hole singularity but from it 'grew' space time and matter was released into this space as the fundamental particles of very high energy. This is the big bang. Therefore, the main difference is that a black hole singularity is the end of space time (and pulls matter in) and the big bang singularity is the beginning of space time (where matter and space were made 'real').
http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae649.cfm

1. Which ocean is increasing in size? Atlantic.
2. How many times/second does lightening strike the Earth? 100
3.Comparitively, what is the Relative Tidal Force of the Sun and the Moon on Earth? Sun is 45% of moon.
4. What (Phenomenon ?) causes the most chaos in the Universe? Butterfly wings.
5. On what Planet in our Solar System does it snow Nitrogen and Methane? Do moons count? Like Triton and Titan.
6. If you started counting from number 1 and spelled out each number, you won't use the letter 'A' until you reach what number? one thousand
7. What is on the 'other side' of a Black Hole? Nothing. A black hole is not a hole.
8. If you weigh 100lbs. on Earth, on what 'Star' would you weigh:
a) 2,707.4 lbs.? Sol
b) 130,000,000 lbs.? White Dwarf
c) 140,000,000,000,000 lbs.? Neutron Star
9. If you weigh 100lbs. on Earth, on what 'Planet' would you weigh:
a) 236.4 lbs.? Jupiter
b) 106 lbs.? Saturn
10. At 49,700 miles long, what is the longest Mountain Range in the world? Mid Oceanic Ridge.

Bonus: What is the difference between a Black Hole and the Big Bang in terms of Singularity, Time, and Space?
A black hole singularity is the dimensionless point where all matter pulled into the back hole is concentrated. It has infinite density and therefore does not exist within space-time as it is the point of infinite curvature of space-time.

The big bang singularity is where all the mass of the universe used to be concentrated. It had all of the properties of a black hole singularity but from it 'grew' space time and matter was released into this space as the fundamental particles of very high energy. This is the big bang. Therefore, the main difference is that a black hole singularity is the end of space time (and pulls matter in) and the big bang singularity is the beginning of space time (where matter and space were made 'real').
http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae649.cfm

Yes! The Black Hole is a Singularity extending through all "Time" at a singular point. The Big Bang is a Singularity extending through all "Space" at a single instant. Thank You Rotorhead!

Additionally: You're right on the questions 1,2,3,6,7,8,9, and 10. Congratulations!
Question #4 still remains.
Question #5 was specific for a Planet, although there are Moons that snow Nitrogen and Methane. (Guess who's the Planet)...