Moon phases

 

  Hello science fans. Today we are going to learn about something new. Today we are going to learn about the moon's phases. I know what you're thinking. We already learned about the moon. I know but this time we are just going to learn about the Charactists and phases. My friend Emma the Meap should be here any second. But until then keep reading to learn about the moon's Myth.

 

 

 

  First we are going to learn about what people thought of the moon. Have you ever seen the moon yellow? "Yeah". Said Emma The Meap. Emma The Meap, What took you so long anyway. why don't you tell us about what people thought of the moon. "OK, people thought the moon was made out of cheese." said Emma The Meap. "That's the weirdest thing I have ever heard." said the Science Fairy. "I have a question for you. Do wolves howl at a full moon or is that another myth also?" asked the Science Fairy. "It's a myth because it may look like it's howling at the moon but its actually not." said Emma The Meap. "Then what are they howling at then?" asked the Science Fairy.  "They are giving signals to other wolves." said Emma The Meap. 

 

 

  "Now its my turn to ask a question." said Emma The Meap. "Ask away." replied the Science Fairy.  "Does crime increase at a full moon?" "That's a good question Emma The Meap.  no it doesn't, because the scientist found out that it has nothing to do with its phases. answered the Science Fairy.  "That's true. Come one we should move one." said Emma the Meap. 

 

                                  

 

  "We are going to learn about the phases. I know that we learned about this the last time but I'm still going to teach it again." said the Science Fairy.  "Can I talk about it?" asked Emma the Meap.  "Sure go ahead." answered the Science Fairy.  "The moon has a cycle of phases. It goes in order like first quarter, waxing gibbous, then full moon." "Cool!" said the Science Fairy.  "Did you know the whole concept of the month is based on it's cycle." asked Emma The Meap. "Really?" said the Science Fairy. "Yeah here's a little history. Back in the day the ancient Greeks used the moons phases to see what time it is or what months it is." answered Emma the Meap.  "Cool I learned something new today. I have something about the moon too." said the Science Fairy.  "What is it?" said Emma. "Did you know that shadows have nothing to do with the phases of the moon?" "Really!" said Emma.  Yup. said The Science Fairy. "It looks like we both leaned something new today". Said Emma The Meap.

 

 

                                     

 

 

 

"I have a question for you, Emma The Meap. Why don't we see a solar and lunar eclipses on monthly basis?" asked the Science Fairy.  "That's a good question, Science Fairy. The answer is The sun, earth, and moon don't line up with each other very often. So that means we won't have a lunar/solar eclipse every month." answered Emma the Meap.

 

 

 

                                

 

 

"Now we are going to talk about why one half of the moon is dark and the other have is dark. That's called a half moon." said the Science Fairy.  "That's right." replied Emma the Meap.  "The reason its like that is because the sun is reflecting only on one side of the moon because it is orbiting the same time we are.  The moon only reflects 11 percent of the moon." said the Science Fairy.  "That is little but how can we still see it?" asked Emma The Meap. "The sun is so bright on Earth that the moon is bright to us." answered the Science Fairy. "Very interesting." said Emma.  "Now we are going to talk about all the phases of the moon." said the Science Fairy. 

 

                                                                                        

 

 

 "The first phase we are going to talk about is the new moon. A new moon is when we on earth cant see the moon at all it is completely dark." said the Science Fairy.  "Correct, the next step in the cycle is the waxing.  Waxing means it's growing bigger all the way to a full moon and waning is when it is getting smaller." said Emma The Meap. 

   "Now the crescent moon. Everyone should have seen a crescent moon before." said the Science Fairy.  "Like in the movies?" asked Emma The Meap. "No in the sky." replied the Science Fairy.  "Yeah that too." said Emma.  "A crescent moon is when its close to a new moon but not that close.

   Now a half moon is just what we talked about so just look back to the paragraph you read before. The gibbous moon is so close to a full moon it kinda looks like a full moon but it's not. Everyone knows what a full moon is.

   A full moon is when we can see the entire side of the moon.  We are going to talk about the third quarter moon.  Its when three quarters of the moon is dark and one quarter of the moon is dark. Our last thing is the lunar month. A lunar month is the period of time from a new moon to a full moon." said the Science Fairy.         
                                 

                                               
  "That's the end of the blog. I'm Science Fairy." "And I'm Emma The Meap saying keep learning science!" Said both of us.
  

                                       
 
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     Moon

   Hello Science fans. Welcome back! I know there are no more planets left but today we are going to learn about the beautiful thing that is in the sky every night. You guessed it. The MOON! To make this more fun lets take a space ship like the first man on the moon. Put your astronaut suit on and lets go!

                           
Good news in this blog we don't have to learn about the history. Before we do anything someone asked me is the moon seconded brightest object. Why is the moon so bright? That's a good question. The answer is it reflects light from the sun. The moon only reflects 11 percent of the sun's light. But the sun is so bright that even that much reflection is so bright to us. That should answer the question.
                              

                                 
Some people ask why does the moon not show up as a perfect circle. Well that's called phases. Phases are when the moon makes shapes. Well here's a different way to explain them. First we are going to talk about new moon.  
             
                         New moon

A new moon occurs when the moon is positioned between the earth and the sun. The entire illuminated portion of the moon is on the back side of the moon, the half that we cannot see.

                               

 

 

Full moon

The full moon is when you can see the entire moon.  The entire sunlit part of the moon is facing us. The shadowed portion is entirely hidden from view.

                               

                              Half moon

The half moon is when one side is dark and the other side of the moon is light.                    
                                  

It takes 27 days to go from one full moon to the next full moon. Which means no matter how many times it rotates we on earth are always going to see only one side of the moon. Now we are going to talk about the passage f time. What is that you ask? It means the elapsing of time. It means the time keeps moving no matter what.

                              

 

Now we are going to describe the features of the moon's surface. The moon's surface has no atmosphere. Since it has no atmosphere the meteors or asteroids are burned up. When they hit the surface it makes huge craters. It's like a protector.

 

 

 

There has been a lot of theories on how the moon was made. One theory is while the earth was formed a chunk of it came off, the earth's gravity pulled a chuck of rock, and a huge meteor hit earth and the pieces of earth made the moon. But the truth is nobody knows for sure.  But scientist are till trying to find out.

This is the end of my blog for the week. Here are my interesting facts.

                      Interesting facts

1. The Moon is slowly drifting awa.
2. The Moon looks the same size as the Sun.
3. Only 12 people have ever stepped onto the surface of the Moon.
4. The Moon is the 5th largest natural satellite in the Solar System.
                 
That's it for my blog this week. This is The Science Fairy saying keep learning science. Peace.

                                      

 




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                                                                                 Neptune
 

Hello Science Fairy fans! I have some very bad news this is my last planet in the solar system. But don't worry I'm still going to make
more blogs. Anyway, today we are going to learn about the blue planet that every one loves..........Neptune! Keep reading to learn more about this amazing planet.

                                                                                 

 

First things first, we have to know how it got it's name. As you can see Neptune has a blue color. When the Greeks saw the planet for the first time it looked like the ocean so they decide to name it after the god of the sea.

 

 

Now lets talk about how Neptune was discovered. He was discovered by Galileo, but he mistakened it for a star. Since it was too far way they had to use math and not science. Crazy right? Anyway the math geniuses that made Neptune a planet are Johann Galle, Urbain Le Veriee and John Couch Adams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now we are going to compare and contrast Neptune with the other gas giants.

 

Compare and Contrast

 

First we are going to contrast and compare it with Uranus. "Can I help?" asked the Science Cat. What are you doing here? "I'm here to help." said the Scienc car. "No you cant help." "Please, please, please." said the Science cat. OK fine, you can help. But no talking over my show. "Fine. Can I do Neptune." said the Science Cat.

 

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                  Neptune                      Uranus

                                 Radius: 15,299 miles                                          Radius: 15,759 miles

                                 Mass: 102.4E24 kg                                              Mass: 86.81E24 kg

                   Discovered: September 23, 1846                                     Discovered: March 13, 1781

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   "I know a way how they are similar." said the Science Cat. ow How are they similar? "They are similar in theie color, unexplored by human because of there distance, and three is the obvious one they are both maintained with gas." said the Science Cat. You are a very smart Science Cat now get off my blog you are taking over it.
 

                                                    

 Now we are going to compare it to Jupiter and Saturn. Just to make this  blog go faster. "Can I help with this one?' asked Emma the Meap. Emma the Meap what are you doing here? You know what? I am going to get a better security. Anyway since you are here you can help. "Yeah! I'm doing Neptune and Saturn." said Emma the Meap. Sigh, fine. But we really don't need to do Neptune because we all ready did it.

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                                 Saturn                                                         Jupiter

 

       Radius: 36,184 miles                                                          Radius: 43,441 miles

       Mass: 568.3E24 kg                                                              Mass: 1.898E27 kg  

     Distance from Sun: 890,700,000 miles                               Distance from Sun: 483,800,000 miles

 

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Emma the Meap before you say anything, we are going to do one at a time. First the similarities with Jupiter. I'll go first. They both have dark spots, They both have hydrogen and helium, and they both been discovered by Gailio. Your turn Emma The Meap. "Finally they both have rings, they both obviously have rings, and been discovered by Voyager 2." said Emma the Meap. Thanks for coming. Good bye. "Wait what I still have  abunch of similarities." said Emma the Meap. Good bye.

                               

 

 

We finally compared and contrast all of the gas giants with Neptune. Now I  keep getting comments asking does Neptune have snow or water. Well that's a hard question. "I know the answer." said Sachin. OK this is the last person that is barging in here. Don't even think of it Sachin. OK Amish whats the answer. "Yes, it does snow but its not the snow on earth. The snow wouldn't be made by water." said Amish. Then what would it be made of then? "It would be made of ice of ammonia and methane. Neptune's atmosphere is made of hydrogen and helium so the degree goes down to -200 degrees enough to freeze the entire planet." said Amish. That is very interesting now good bye.

 

 

 

      Now we are going to talk about its moons. Neptune has 12 moons. We are going to talk about a special moon. It's name is Triton. Before I start is anyone coming in? Yes or no? OK finally now I can..."Hi Science Fairy."said Alex.  UUUUGGGHH Alex! You know what? Just talk about Triton and I'll be back. "Triton is an interesting moon. Did you know that it orbits in the opposite direction of Neptune? Weird right? It was discovered in 1846. It orbits completely in 141 earth days. The last fact I have is the person that discovered it is William Lassell." said Alex. Thank you. Good bye forever!
 

                                  

 N more people Sachin. Don't even think of get out of that chair. You too jack. Now everyone is all ways wondering why does Neptune have small dark spots. Well, scientist were looking at Neptune and saw the dark spots disappeared and come back again which was weird. But it proves that its weather is active. It even has a great spot like Jupiter which means it has a strong winds just like Jupiter. The dark spot is named Scooter because around it there are white clouds called cirrus clouds. It is called Scooter because it moves very fast.
 

That's the end of my blog today. This is The Science Fairy saying keep learning science. Peace.   

                                       

                                    

                

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                                                                       Uranus
Hello Science Fairy fans. Today we are going to learn about Uranus. Ha,Ha,Ha. I know I know it's funny. But it doesn't mean that. Wait don't go, it is very interesting. Did you know it has diamonds on it? Yeah you didn't know that did you? Keep reading to learn more.

                                 
 Time for  some history. His name is Ouranos. He married Gaia. He had to father twelve sons and six daughters. Gaia was in immense pain so she told her sons to rebel but we are going to skip that. Anyway after all of that, the Greek made him the god of the sky and changed his name to Uranus. Below is a picture of him.

                                  

 

Now it's time to learn about the planet. "What about the diamond?"

I'm getting there. But first we have to learn about its rings. Some people say they don't have rings but they are WRONG! Uranus has 13 rings. They are sparser than Saturn's rings. You can't see its rings with the naked eye. You can only see them through a telescope.

 

 

 

 

 

 Now we are going to talk about its mo..."diamonds". NOT YET! be patient we are going to talk about its moons. Click this link to learn about all the moons.

 

 http://www.seasky.org/solar-system/uranus-menu.html

 

 Now are going to talk about the inside of Uranus. First part is the hydrodren, helium, and methane. Next it has a liquid mantle, it's full of water. The final part is its diamond core. "Finally". Happy know? OK, let's move on to its atmosphere.

 

 

The atmosphere is the same as Saturn and Jupiter. It's surface is gas. So that makes it a gas giant. The atmosphere of Uranus is composed mainly of molecular hydrogen and helium. The third most abundant molecule after hydrogen and helium is methane. It’s the methane in Uranus’ atmosphere that absorbs the red spectrum visible light and gives it the blue-green color.

 

 

  Did you know that Uranus is tittled on its side? Scientist think it was hit by a meteor while the solar system was still being made. 
The  seasons are very different. As it goes around the sun one side is dark the other side is light. The dark side is bellow zero. There are massive storms on Uranus. They are so big they cover a whole continent.  

                               
                           Fun Facts
1. Uranus is the coldest planet in the Solar System.

2. Summer on Uranus lasts one long day – 42 years.

3. Uranus is the second least dense planet.

4.    Uranus was the first planet discoversed in the modern age.

5. Uranus has only been visited once.


                      Hope you enjoyed my blog. This is The Science Fairy saying keep doing science.

ps. if you read this the core is molten rock.

 

 

 

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   Crazy Space Jump

Hello welcome back to Space News.  I'm The Science Fairy. Today this crazy person jumps out of a shuttle down to earth. Crazy right? Read more about this crazy story. 

The brave astronaut's name is Felix Baumgartner. The height was 24.2 miles from earth. That is crazy high! I would  never do that in my entire life. Anyway, he is 127,852 feet above New Mexico. When he does this fall he is going to be the first free falling person to break the sound barrier. "I think that's why he wanted to do it, to become famous" said Emma the Meap. Wait, what how did you get in here security, security. Now that she is gone, let's continue.

The people who are helping him are Sage Cheshire Inc. and other Southern California aerospace companies.  These firms are anticipating commercial space travel and want to know whether passengers can safely bail out from stratospheric heights just in case. The Red Bull, you know the drink? Anyway, they paid for the whole thing. it could cost millions of dollars.

As you know it hasn't started yet, but...... "Hey look they are starting, they are starting!" said Emma The Meap. How did you get back in here? "The back door." Whatever, you can stay. "Yay let's watch the video!" said Emma the Meap.

Here is a video of him jumping out of the shuttle. 

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-felix-baumgartner-space-jump-video-footage-20140201,0,3749816.story?track=rss#axzz2sB75nbXU

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Saturn

 

 

 

 

Hello everyone. Happy 2014! This is my first blog of the New Year and it's going to be about Saturn. Some people say it's their favorite planet in the whole solar system. They just say that because of its beautiful rings. We are going to learn about Saturn's rings and Saturn it's self. Here we go.

 

 

First, like always, we are going to learn about his life story.

He was the son of Uranus. When he grew up he married Titan Rhea. He had a total of six children. He had a bad habit of eating his children but we are not going to talk about that. Moving on.

After all that, the Romans adopted him and made him the god of Saturn. They even made a holiday in the winter called Saturn. Here's a neat picture of him.

 

 

 

OK, before we learn anything about Saturn we are going to compare it to the other planets. first we are going to compare them by size. Saturn is the second largest planet only surpassed by Jupiter. You can fit 763 earths into Saturn. Now Saturn's distance from the sun is 1.4 billion km but the exact number of Saturn's distance from the sun is  1,433,449,370 km. That is a lot. Here is a picture of all the planets sizes.

Ceres is so tiny

 OK, now we are going to talk about Saturn the planet. We should talk about the atmosphere first. It's atmosphere is the same like Jupiter's. It's a gas planet so that means it has no surface.  Scientist have found out that if you go deeper into Saturn's atmosphere  the gas would start to turn into liquid And there might be a small rocky core. Scientist don't really know about the core. YET!

 

 

 Do you know what makes Saturn so beautiful? That's right its rings. So the next thing we are going to learn about is it's rings.  Every time you look through a telescope it's rings look smooth. But there actually not. They are really grainy. The rings are made up of ice and rock. Scientist think it got its rings by comets, asteroids, or even moons broke up in orbit around Saturn due to Saturn's very strong gravity. The rings were found in order so the eaziest way to remember them is to name them alphabetically.

 

 
 

 Before we can move on I have a fun fact for you. Did you know that saturn is the planet that has the lowest density? What does that mean exactly? I'm glad you asked. It means it's really light. For example, if you put it on water it would float. Here's a picture of it floating in water.

 

 

Now we are going to talk about Saturn's moons. It has 62 moons oribiting it. I know what your thinking, oh man this is going to take forever. Good news we are going to learn about one moon. That one moon is named Titan. It is the biggest moon that orbits Saturn. It's even bigger than Mercury! The scientist wanted to learn more about Titan so they sent a probe to look more at it. Before we learn more here's a picture of Titan.

 

 

Titan is the second largest moon in the solar system.  The temperature at Titan's surface is about -289 degrees Fahrenheit. In 1980, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft tried to take close up images of the natural features of Titan's landscape. When they looked at the pictures it looked like a bright continent. Then scientist found lakes on Titan. So the big question is does Titan have life?

 

 

 

Fun Facts

 

1. It is very windy on Saturn. Winds around the equator can be 1,800 kilometers per hour. That's 1,118 miles per hour! On Earth, the fastest winds "only" get to about 400 kilometers per hour. That's only about 250 miles per hour.

 

2. Saturn goes around the Sun very slowly. A year on Saturn is more than 29 Earth years.
3. Saturn spins on its axis very fast. A day on Saturn is 10 hours and 14 minutes.

4. The day Saturday was named after Saturn.

5. The Ringed Planet is so far away from the Sun that it receives much less sunlight than we do here on Earth. Yes, the Sun looks smaller from there.

That's my blog for today.  I hope to see you next time.

This is The Science Fairy saying keep learning science.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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