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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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                                                                 Jupiter

Hello this is The Science Fairy saying welcome back. Today we are going to learn about JUPITER! Jupiter has lots of mysteries. So here we go.

 

Well you are probably wondering how it got the name Jupiter.  It's an interesting story. Here's how it started. Jupiter started as a sky god. Wars have passed then they decided to call him the god of war. When they saw Jupiter's big red dot and lighting, they decided to call the planet Jupiter. here's a great picture of him.

 

 

                                   
Now that we learned about Jupiter the god now it is time to learn about the planet Jupiter. Let's start with Jupiter's surface. Oh wait that's right it doesn't have a surface. (no surface!) That's right no surface its all consisted of gas. It's the same thing as the atmosphere but more compacted. An anstronomer named Rupert Wildt found out that Jupiter is made up of hydrogen and helium.

                                   

 

I have the best idea ever! We should visit the astronomer Galileo back in time. He was the first person ever to find Jupiter and besides he might tell us a fact or to about Jupiter. Let's go!

Me- Hi Galileo.

Galileo- Oh hi there! What are you kids doing here?

Me- We are here to ask you how did you find Jupiter.

Galileo- I was trying to look at the next planet and then I found Jupiter.

Me- What else?

Galileo- Then I noticed it was different than the four planets from the sun.

Me- How come?

Galileo- It had FOUR MOONS!

Me- Wow! What where there names?

Galileo- Their names are Europa, Callisto, Ganymede, and Io.

Me- Thanks and here's a fact for you. They found active volcanoes on Europa. So they think there might be life on there.

Galileo- Wow! Thanks for the fact. wWll you kids need to go back home.

Me- OK bye.

 

 

Wasn't that fun? OK next up is red spot. OK look at the picture, below do you see that red spot on it. Some people think it's just a red spot that is just there. But it's not. It is actually a big storm! Some people compare it to an enormous hurricane. It has huge winds and huge lighting that's the reason that humans don't live there. Here's a pic of it.

 

 

Now we are going to talk about its strong gravitation pull. Scientists are wondering why it's gravity is stronger than the earth's gravity. Well it's stronger because of it's large mass. Since it has a lot of mass it makes it responsible for its SGP.

Now here are the differences of Jupiter and the inner planets.

• They are small.
• Jupiter is huge.
• They have a surface.
• Jupiter doesn't have a surface.
• They have a greater density.
• Jupiter has a small density.
• And they spin slowly.
• Jupiter spins fast.

WE have finished exploring Jupiter. But before you go here are some fun facts.

Fun facts:

• Jupiter can't be a star.
• Jupiter is the fastest planet in the solar system.
• The clouds on Jupiter are 50 km thick.
• Jupiter has a magnate field that is 14 times stronger then ours.
• And Jupiter has rings like Saturn and Uranus.





This is The Science Fairy saying keep learning about planets.

 

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     Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
Hello everyone! I'm back and today we are going to learn about three things. Those three things are comets, asteroids and meteors. We are first going to talk about comets. Here we go!

 

We are going to talk about the comet's structure. The comet has three parts: the nucleus, the coma, and the tail. Let's talk about the nucleus first. Inside the nucleus is ice, dust, and water but mostly dust. The thing that surrounds the nucleus is a coma or some people call it the head. The coma/head is made up of a cloud of dust, and gas. When it gets close to the sun... I know what you are about to say it melts, wrong. It forms a tail. The ice melts inside the nucleus then forms a haze. The solar winds blows it outward from the comet. That's how a tail is formed. Here is a chart if you don't understand.

 

 

Now lets move on. We are going to talk about asteroids. Asteroids live in the asteroid belt. They rotate on its axis and has tiny little asteroids rotating around them. Asteroids can turn into a dwarf, minor, and so much more. They stay the same distance from the sun at all times.

 

 

 

 

Now the last thing we will talk about are meteors. Well meteors have a routine. The first thing is they leave their belt. They shoot straight for earth (sometimes). They look like shooting stars but they are actually on FIRE! IF we are lucky they will burn up completely. If were not lucky it will strike the earth and might cause a crater like this one.

 

This crater happened in Arizona.

 Since we learned all of them we are now going to see there similarities.

 

• They all orbit around the sun.
• They all are made up of rock.
• They all formed the planets.
• They get close to the earths atmosphere.
• They all leave behind something.

Now we are going to see there differences.

 

       Comets    

• It has a tail
• Made up of gas and dust.                         
• Don't burn up like meteors. 
• They are called dirty snowballs.                     
• They have ice inside them.
• The ice evaporates into a gas while near the sun.

        Asteroids

• Rotates on axis.
• They are the building blocks of our solar system.
• They can turn into a minor planet.   
• They have moons that revolved around them.
• They stay the same distance around the sun at all times.

 

           Meteors

• They look like shooting stars.
• They hit the earth's surface.

 Scientist studying all of these so they can learn more about our solar system.

That's all we have for today. I hope to see you next time. This is The Science Fairy saying keep doing science.

 

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                 How Sharks Survived the great dying

Hello the is ocean news. The is The Science Fairy and this is Emma the Meap here saying we got big news for you today. scientist are seeing that there are living sharks after the great dying. To find out more keep reading.

 

welcome back. before we can tell you more about the sharks we are going to tell you about the great dying. How about you tell us Emma The Meap. OK Well The Great Dying is brought to end many fish, including sharks. Hold on there Emma The Meap we had just heard that scientist have found a fossil. In that fossil there is a mini shark. It looks like it was trying live but then it became extinct. thats very interesting.

 

 

And thats not all. the scientist have been studiding the teeth and it proves that the shark clado was the longest on to survive. Know Emma The Meap is going to talk about the early history. Thank you Science Fairy In the early history the sharks lived in shallow waters. after the great dying scientist have found out that the clado sharks were missing and so they thought they died. that is sad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                           
                       

                                                                  Mars

 

     Hi, everyone. This is The Science Fairy again, saying we are going to skip Earth. We are going to do a lot about Earth later, but right know we are going to learn about Mars. Lets go!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

          Before we can learn about the planet Mars we are going to learn how did it get the name Mars. Mars is a Roman God. He is the God of War. His equipment is a spear and a shield.  He loved being in the highest position of the roman religion.

The people honored him by:

1. Dancing in armor
2. Sacrificing animals.

 

                                                Here's a great picture of him!

 

 

OK, now we are going to learn about the planet Mars. You are probably wondering why it is called a red planet. Well, I have an answer for you. It is a red planet because the planet is really hot and dry like a desert. The reason why it is dry is because it had a magnetic field, but the sun blasted Mars and it broke. The sun blasted it one more time and it became as dry as a rock.

 

 OK, remember how the first two planets don't have moons?  This one does. The moons are: Phobos and Deimos.We are going to talk about Phobos. Phobos has the record of being the closest moon to its planet in the whole solar system. In 40 million years Phobos will crash right into Mars. Its rotation takes 319 earth days. Next is Deimos. Deimos is a highly irregularly planet. The two largest craters are Swift and Voltaire. 

 

 

 Now here's the question.  Does Mars really have water? Well scientists think there was water on Mars because there are canals. Canals are areas that look like oceans and rivers. there is a rock thhat look like a face. when a rover it wasn't a face at all.

Now we are going to see how similar Mars and Earth are.

• Their surface
• They both have volcanoes
• And they have deserts 

 

 

 

There is a rover named Curiosity. The scientist built it so it could stay on Mars for 12 months and gather enough evidence that there were living things on Mars. It takes pictures of anything that looks like life. After 12 months it didn't find any life.

 

 

 

 

 That's all for today.  This is The Science Fairy saying keep studying planets!!

 

 

 



 

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                               Mercury and Venus


Hello everyone this is the Science Fairy saying today is your lucky day because you are going to learn about two planets in one day. The planets are Mercury and Venus. Come on we should go to them in person. Here we go.

 

Here we go!

 

 

 

We are going to talk about mercury first. Mercury is an extreme planet. It is one of the fastest of all planets, it is one of the hottest planet, and one of the coldest. Mercury is the closet to the sun in the whole solar system.  Mercury has an extreme view of the sun. Some times the sun looks like it is going backwards!

 

Now that is close.

 

Mercury zooms around the sun at speed of about 48 kilometers per second; earth travels at a speed of about 30 kilometers per second. At certain times and places, Mercury's surface temperature can raise to twice  the temperature inside an oven when you are baking a cake. That is hot! But on the other hand, in the shadow of the north poles craters, Mercury is ice like the north pole.

 

 

 Since Mercury is so close to the sun not even our most powerful telescope can see it. When we look through it  looks like a blurry white ball. But here's the good news. In 1974  we really started to learn about Mercury. In 1974-1975, the mariner 10n flew in and sent back 12,000 pictures of it.

That is blurry.

You are probably wondering where the name Mercury came from? Well Mercury came for a Roman god named Mercury. He was the ruler of the sun. So they decided that since Mercury was the closest we chose the name it Mercury. Here's a picture of him.

 

This is the last thing we are going to learn about Mercury. We are going to learn about the Messenger. It's not a messenger that gives messages it is a spacecraft. This space craft began orbiting Mercury. Messenger's job is to map the rest of the planet, study what it is made of , it will take measurements of Mercury's magnetic fields, and look for clues. Now lets move on. Next up Venus.

 

This one is going to be very short. Venus was named after a goddess of love and beauty. Venus is known as the sister planet. Back in the day people thought that it is a calm gentle planet. Not!! It is really the evil twin. It has volcanoes, huge craters, and it thunders and lighting every single day. No human/animal can survive because of its harsh climates. Even if it had water it would evaporate super fast. So that means it is a very dry planet. Venus is a little bit smaller than earth.

 

 

 

Now we are going to see what they have in common .

1. They have no moons.
2. They are both named after a god/goddess
3. They both live near the sun.
4. They both have no animal life.

 

That's all for today.  We should go home now.

 

 

We are back home hope you had a spacy time. This is the Science Fairy saying keep exploring.

 

 

 

 

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                      Stink Bugs Invading homes


     Hello everybody this is the Science Fairy and Lily the Science Cat,welcoming you to Bug News.We got some bugging news for you today. We just heard that there are stink bugs invading other people's homes. "That's just odd" said Lily.  "I know right".  Keep reading to find out more about stink bugs invading homes.

                            
These bugs have been crawling into peoples homes this fall and there have been an unpredictable number of them. The scientist, Dave Shelter thinks that when the  first frost comes to the city there is going to be bunch of stink bugs in peoples homes, because they need a warm place to live for the winter.  But the good news about this fall is  no one so far has called that there are stink bugs in there home.

Lily is going to tell you the reason why people don't like it when stink bugs go in there homes. "Thank you Science Fairy.  The reason people don't like them is because they stink up there houses.  That's why they are called stink bugs.  It's a challenge to get them out of your home." But Lily, how can you get them out of your house? "That's a good question, Science Fairy.  There are many ways for you to get them out of your house.  Stink bugs love warm attics.  So all you have to do is seal all the spaces in your attic.  You can vacuum them, but it makes the vacuum smell really bad.  The last way you can get them out of your house is to have a stink bug trap.  It can keep them out before they reach your house.  Back to you, Science Fairy." Thank you Lily.

Stink bug: "Dude, I think we just got tricked."

 

That's all for today folks.  Come see us next time, to see all the new bugs that scientist have found. Well, see you next time.  Buzz out!!

 

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