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Infographic: Inventors – The People Behind the Way We Live

Guest Blogger — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:36:15 +0000

Modern society is so full of technology and gadgets that consumers take for granted. We use fascinating and complex machines every day without giving any thought to their origins. Three hundred years ago, there were no toilets. Two hundred years ago, there were no light bulbs. A hundred years ago, there were no cars or airplanes. Thirty years ago, there were no personal computers. Twenty years ago, there was no text messaging. Twelve years ago, there was no iPod.

The journey to modern civilization has had many stops along its way. Hundreds of brilliant inventors have shaped the natural world to allow us to enjoy modern conveniences. BestCollegesOnline.org has created an infographic that traces the development of many of the technologies we rely on, including cars, electricity, computers, and indoor plumbing. You will be fascinated by the intricate details that led to the creation of life as you know it.

From: Best Colleges Online

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Facts About The Moon!

Guest Blogger — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:13:43 +0000

Moon facts, we all know a few. However, there are many facts about the moon that you might not know about.

Relative to the size of the planet it orbits, the moon is actually the largest satellite in our solar system. It’s roughly one quarter of the diameter of earth. On size alone there are actually four satellites bigger than the moon orbiting planets in our system. These are three of Jupiter’s moons, Ganymede, Callisto and Io, and Titan which is a moon of Saturn.

For a long time it has been believed that water cannot exist on the lunar surface. However this is not quite true. Since the 60s it has been believed that small deposits of liquid water might well be present in permanently shadowed and very cold craters at either of the moon’s poles. The water it is though would have been deposited in the form of ice by comets impacting the moon’s surface or possibly as a result of chemical reaction between solar winds and oxygen rich lunar rocks.

Have you ever considered the preciseness of solar eclipses? It’s a little bit spooky that the moons orbit of 30 times the width of the earth means that the moon and sun appear as the same size in the sky. It is this that makes solar eclipses so vivid.

The moon is about as reflective as coal, which is bizarre when you consider that after the sun it is the second brightest body in our skies. This is due to the opposition effect that affects objects with rough surfaces or many particles. Depending on the phase angle the moon’s brightness increases hugely.

Seasons in terms of light are far less distinguishable on the moon due to its almost perfect axial tilt. This means that its topographical structures have a far more influential effect on the how and where light falls on the moon. For example there are mountainous regions on the rim of the Peary crater that remain in ‘daylight’ for the entire length of a lunar day.

Nearly all the craters on the moon were caused by impacts with the largest being over 200 miles wide and the smallest ones being microscopic. As the moon has such a scarcity of water and tectonic plates the craters tend not to erode. It is though that many of the craters have been present for over two billion years.

16 percent of the moon is referred to as Lunar Maria. These are basaltic plains that were originally mistaken by astronomers to be seas. The plains are actually iron rich and appear darker than the rest of the moon due to being less reflective. They were caused by volcanic eruptions dating back over 3 billion years.

Wow. If you ever wanted to know your place in the universe, moon facts are a good way to go… Big place this little old universe of ours…

About the author: Cynthia Seymour when not goggling through her telescope researches novelty gift ideas for the online emporium Find Me A Gift.

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Science Fair Projects on Plants with Aspirin

Guest Blogger — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:48:27 +0000

Before we begin, you need background information for your science fair experiment.

Aspirin, also called, acetylsalicylic acid, is a pharmaceutical drug that is in the family of salicylates (salicylic acid – SA). It is a colorless crystalline organic acid and is used in synthesis and is a plant hormone.

SA is a phytohormone and is found throughout the make-up of plants. It stimulates the growth of plants as well as their development, transpiration, and photosynthesis.

Three aspirin botany related science fair projects

Aspirin in water can be used to protect a plant from insects. This is one of the best science fair projects on plants with aspirin. To complete this experiment you will mix crushed aspirin with water and spray it on the leaves of a plant. You will then determine if this plant is more, less or as insect resistant as plants that have not been treated by the aspirin water.

Can Aspirin Water Speed Up the Process of Seed Germination

This is a new application of aspirin that you can test with science fair projects on plants with aspirin. To test this hypothesis you will crush various amounts of aspirin, dissolve it in water and use this water to germinate seeds. Compare the germination rates and draw your conclusions. If it does work, why does it work? Expand your experiment by testing this application on a variety of different seeds.

Can Aspirin Water Protect a Plant From Common Plant Diseases?

This is a more complex hypothesis, and it will require a more complex experiment. To test this hypothesis you will need to have two test groups. The first test group will be the control group and it will not be treated with aspirin water. The second test group will be an experiment subject and it will be treated with aspirin water. You can expand on this experiment by testing different concentrations of aspirin water.

Can Plants Overdose on Aspirin?

The purpose of this experiment is to determine if plants can be killed if exposed to too much aspirin. To execute this experiment you will need to set up several plant experiments. One experiment will not be treated with any aspirin, this will be your control test. The remaining plant experiments will be treated with various concentrations of aspirin. What did you learn? Can plants be killed with aspirin?

Presentation of Your Project

When designing your science fair projects on plants with aspirin you need to think about your final presentation even when developing your experiment. As you complete your experiment you will need to come up with visual elements for you photosynthesis project boards or botany project boards, depending on what topic you choose to experiment with. As you collect your data take photographs and draw diagrams of your observations. These items can be added to your project boards to help explain what your project is about and what you learned.

If you have a video camera you can record the growth and then play it in fast motion. This could create a very exciting presentation and impress the judges. Also, put it on YouTube.com so all your friends and family can view your efforts.

Our Science Fair Blog or Internet site would also be interested in feature your aspirin/botany science fair project, and who knows, you may win a prize!

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Women of Science: From Medicine to Computer Science

Guest Blogger — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:14:27 +0000

Throughout history, both women and men have made important contributions to all areas of science. Without these contributors, many of the scientific advancements we enjoy today would not be possible. In light of International Women’s Month, below are some of the most notable women in the field.

Ruth Benedict
Benedict was a notable anthropologist who served as a professor at Columbia University. She is recognized as the author of several important anthropological texts, including “The Races of Mankind,” which discussed the lack of scientific support for racism.

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi
Bassi served at the University of Bologna as an anatomy professor in the 1700s. She is known for her experiments and lectures focusing on Newtonian physics. Future Pope Benedict XIV appointed Bassi to a notable group of academics in 1745.

Clara Barton
Clara Barton was a notable nurse who cared for injured Civil War soldiers. She is the founder of the American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization that is still in operation today.

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey
Florence Bailed was an ornithologist and nature writer who wrote multiple books on the study of birds. Several of her bird guides remain popular today.

Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
Rear Admiral Hopper was a United States Naval Officer and a well-known computer scientist who is remembered for her work on the programming of the Mark I, a revolutionary naval computer. She also discovered the first “computer bug” in the history of computer science. This bug turned out to be an actual moth trapped in a vacuum tube. Finally, Hopper created the first compiler and contributed to the development of COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language).

Joy Adamson
A naturalist living in the 1900s, Joy Adamson is known for her conservation work in Kenya. She also wrote “Born Free,” which is a book that describes her experience of raising a young lion cub and later releasing it into the wild.

Agnodice
Living in the 4th century, Agnodice was a gynecologist and physician who wore men’s clothing because women were not allowed to practice medicine. However, it is unknown whether Agnodice is a historical figure or a legend.

Maria Agnesi
Maria Agnesi was the first female to ever work as a university mathematics professor. Maria Agnesi’s book on mathematics is the first one of its kind written by a woman that is still intact.

Virginia Apgar
Apgar is responsible for the development of the Apgar Newborn Scoring System, which uses several simple criteria to assign a score to a newborn baby. The Apgar Score has dramatically increased infant survival rates. Apgar also questioned the use of certain anesthetics during childbirth.

Elizabeth Garret Anderson
Anderson was the first female to pass Great Britain’s medical exams and work as a physician within the country. She also worked to increase women’s opportunities in higher education.

Elizabeth Arden
Elizabeth Arden was a scientist who created, manufactured, and sold a line of famous cosmetics. She sold her products under the company known as Elizabeth Arden, Inc., for which she was the founder and operator.

Émilie du Châtelet
In her relatively short life lived during the first half of the 18th century, du Châtelet chose to spend her highly privileged life in France exploring the physical world and also studying Newton’s contributions to physics. Her own contributions to the mathematical interpretation of energy are directly tied to Einstein’s later, famed formula e=mc².

Marie Curie
The first scientist, (let alone female), to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, her first in physics which she shared with her scientist-husband, and a second in chemistry, Curie is best known for her work with radiation, a term she and her husband coined following the discovery of the element radium.

Lise Meitner
Partially obscured of fame by age and what is considered a gross oversight by the committee that selects Nobel Prize recipients in physics, the Austrian-born physicist, Lise Meitner is mistakenly remembered as the “Mother of the Atomic Bomb.” In fact, Meitner did confirm nuclear fission, though her work was not directly associated with the Manhattan Project’s development of the world’s first nuclear bombs used in WWII.

Maria Sibylla Merian
When many contemplate the word “metamorphosis,” thoughts of caterpillars turning into beautiful butterflies come to mind. For Maria Merian, that process became the subject of her life, one spent observing nature and then recording what she saw in remarkable works of scientific art. Though her art included pretty flowers, most of her work involved insects, including a South American variety of tarantula that enjoyed the occasional hummingbird, a depiction that brought howls of disapproval from early 18th century critics.

About the author: Matt Herndon is a freelance writer living and working in the Indianapolis area. His undergraduate and graduate work was done in Upper East Tennessee where he studied communication and institutional leadership.

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Best iPad Science Apps for Kids

Guest Blogger — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:30:09 +0000

The iPad is a great resource if you want to supplement your child’s science education. The best way to learn about science is to explore the topic through experiments and hands-on applications. These applications help to bring science to life. You can use them to build your child’s curiosity in science or as a way for them to delve more deeply into a subject that they already love. You may want to explore the iBooks available for the iPad. They are each only $15.00 and will explore a topic in-depth with related videos.

Bobo Explores Light
This app takes children through a story that explores how light and electricity works. It has a cute main character that really appeals to kids. It explains how light works, and has games that demonstrates the various points that it teachers. The app itself is not very long; it may take about an hour at most to go through the entire thing the first time. However there is good replay value for the children, which allows your children to review the concepts. This is a good secondary source if your child is learning about electricity.

Solar Walk and Star Walk
The Solar Walk app is one of the first apps that was introduced along with the iPad. A similar application is Star Walk. Solar Walk allows you to explore the different planets in the solar system and the sun. You can check the different positions of the planets currently as well as learn more detailed information on each individual planet. Star Walk is another app that explores space. This application focuses more on space outside of the solar system. It can help you find stars in the night sky. It is a great app to have if you are planning on stargazing. These apps make great resources if your child is currently studying astronomy. The hands on interaction may help them to better understand and absorb the information about the planets and space.

Science 360 for the iPad
This app by the National Science Foundation is one of the most highly rated apps with hundreds of five-star reviews. It is updated on a regular basis and provides the latest news stories. It also provides streaming video and photos if you are interested in exploring a topic more in-depth. This is a great resource to have on hand to support all the different science fields. It can be used as a resource for younger and older students as well.

BrainPop Featured Movie
This app offers a new topic every day with a video that explains the topic and then at least four more resources that allows your child to explore the topic more in-depth. You can subscribe for $1.99 a month, which gives you access to the featured topic for the day. Another subscription rate of $6.99 a month allows you to access all of the topics each day. It is a good option if you want to encourage your children to learn. The topics expand beyond just science topics into other educational areas as well.

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2012 Google Science Fair

Jorge Goncalves — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:38:01 +0000

Google is looking for the brightest young scientists from around the world to submit interesting, creative projects that are relevant to the world today.

The Google Science Fair challenges students aged 13-18 to carry out a scientific investigation into a real-world problem or issue that interests them. The competition asks them to carry the investigation forward through rigorous experimentation, recording and conclusions.

Students compete with peers in their age group from all over the world to win scholarships, internships and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. There will also be a special Science in Action prize, sponsored by Scientific American. This will reward the project with the highest capacity to make a practical difference to the lives of people in a group or community.

What A New Space Race Would Accomplish

Guest Blogger — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:43:05 +0000

With NASA struggling to stay alive and the world mired in economic trouble, interest in astronomy, cosmology and other space-related sciences seems to have waned in the public eye. Yet, the knowledge we glean from space research can help us with practical applications here on Earth, as Huntingdon Life Sciences shows us. Perhaps what we need is a new space race. What would this accomplish? Well, it would:

Expand the search for Earth-like planets outside our solar system
One of the hottest fields in astronomy right now is exoplanet detection, which has benefited greatly from new technologies. Exoplanet detection, which is the discovery of planets outside our star system, used to be only possible by deducing a celestial body in the shadow of a star. Newer, more sophisticated techniques have made it more likely we will discovery planets hospitable for life.

Expand the development of a fusion-powered rocket
Fusion power in a rocket would not only reduce the incredible cost of putting men and women in space, it would exponentially increase the distances we could traverse. As it stands now, space travel is slow and costly.
Increase the chance of a trip to Mars. The Red Planet has beckoned us for years but the sheer cost of making the trip and ambiguity over what this journey would accomplish has hindered progress. A new space race to Mars would probably parallel the Cold War in terms of creating nationalistic pride.

Add to our understanding of climate change
The more science progresses the more we learn about how our planet operates and how it traps and is affected by the sun’s rays and greenhouse gases.

Make us safer from asteroids
In 1883, hundreds of comet fragments narrowly missed the Earth. We didn’t even know about this until recently, after turning up evidence from a 19th century astronomer. A new space race would force us to draw up contingency plans.
Increase the chance of a colony on the moon. Because of cosmic threats like asteroids, as well as more domestic threats like war, disease, and pollution, it’s probably a good idea for humans to not have all our eggs in one basket, so to speak. Establishing a lunar colony would aid in scientific research, as well as provide some DNA safeguards in the event of a planetary calamity.

Learn more about the origins of the universe
The further out we go, the further back we go in time. New telescopes are peering deeper into the history of universe than ever before. Someday it may be possible for us to actually observe the direct aftermath of the Big Bang.

This is what would likely be accomplished with a new space race. While the cost would be high, so too would be the gains in knowledge, technological advancement, and global safety.

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Earth and Beyond: A Pictorial Journey

Guest Blogger — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:02:18 +0000

Space, the final frontier, with this pictorial journey we will boldly go where only lucky astronauts and the immense reach of a camera lens have gone before. We will gaze in wonder at some stellar sights, feeling very small in comparison to the vast expanse of space and very proud to be part of a race that has reached out from their humble position to the outer limits of the galaxy.

(1) Lift off

A magisterial space rocket lifts off from planet Earth on its mission to outer space.

(2) Another powerful launch

The Columbia Space Shuttle heads for space with all its cylinders blazing.

(3) Home

A beautiful shot of our planet Earth in all her glory.

(4) Antarctic Peninsula

A vertiginous view of the Antarctic Peninsula seen from outer space.

(5) A Long Fall from Space

Autumnal colours surround Lake Superior snapped from space.

(6) Up and Over Down Under

Fires photographed from way above North-Eastern Australia.

(7) High Shot of Low Pressure

Low pressure builds and swirls over the Great Lakes of America.

(8) A Cloud Street Map

Cloud streets and a hurricane billow and blow off the West Coast of America

(9) Nature’s Magic Captured from on High

The wondrous green and red aurora caused by charged particles from a solar wind clashing with oxygen.

(10) A Glorious Sight To Behold

A time-lapse shot of the aurora from the giddy heights of the International Space Station

(11) A Turbulent Typhoon Approaches

A super shot of Typhoon Roke heading for Japan taken from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre.

(12) The Forecast: Clouds, Clouds and Clouds

Cloud vortices curl and curve above Heard Island in the Indian Ocean.

(13) UARS Prior to Re-entry

NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) orbits the Earth before it plummeted down into the Pacific Ocean on 24 September 2011.

(14) A Full Moon

A lovely lunar video capturing the pockmarked surface of our shadowy satellite.

(15) A Closer Look at the Lunar Surface

A wonderful video of a lunar landscape flyover.

(16) Solar Power

An immense solar flare roars from the surface of the sun in this stunning image of the centre of our solar system.

(17) Blaze and Flare

The temperature of the Sun’s surface is around 6000 Celsius. In this photo, a fiery flare from it leaps into space.

(18) The Shine of a Sun Spot

The awesome might of the solar surface and a stunning sun spot.

(19) A Solar Eclipse from Space

A chiaroscuro eclipse is even more stunning when seen from space.

(20) Look upon Mercury

A beautiful shot of Mercury’s moon-like surface, craggy and scorched by the Sun.

(21) Beautiful Venus

The rocky surface of the red-hot planet Venus

(22) Mighty Mars

Favourite of science fiction writers, Mars is just as incredible in reality.

(23) Ringed Saturn

A mesmerising sight, Saturn and its majestic rings.

(24) The Giant Jupiter

The biggest of the gas giants and largest planet in our solar system.

(25) A Look at Europa

One of Jupiter’s moons, Europa has ice and water on its surface, which has led to speculation about whether it can or does sustain life.

(26) Distant Uranus

Another gas giant, Uranus was the first planet found by telescope.

(27) Far Off Neptune

Initially Neptune’s existence was predicted by mathematics, before telescopes became powerful enough to view him.

(28) Pluto Out In the Cold

Images of the icy dwarf planet from the Hubble Space Telescope.

(29) An Image of Andromeda

A stunningly detailed photograph of the Andromeda Galaxy, approximately 2.5 light years away.

(30) A spiralling Galaxy of Stars

A magnificent spiralling disc of stars in the far off galaxy NGC 2841, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

(31) Jets from a Black Hole

Incredible imagery of a black hole as it spews jets into the cosmos.

(32) Turbulent Centre of a Black Hole

The mysterious centre of a black hole as it emits bright light. The route to another dimension?

This list of galactic images was compiled and written by PrinterInks – suppliers of top brand printer cartridges, including Dell, Samsung, HP, Canon and Epson ink cartridges.

Each of the images and videos used in this post are, at the time of posting, held under the Creative Commons licensing.

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Scientific Ideas That Seemed Crazy at the Time

Guest Blogger — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:55:54 +0000

By its very nature, science seeks to challenge. It asks brave questions, and comes up with answers that may seem ridiculous. Sometimes, those answers are not ridiculous, but become part of common knowledge, accepted by all. Here are just some of those ideas:

1) The Earth being round
The ancient Greeks were the first to realise that the earth is not flat, but round. Evidence included observations of the horizon, and early astronomy (it is a misconception that people believed in a flat earth into the Middle Ages: by then, most people knew it was round). At the time of discovery, the idea of a flat earth would have seemed counter-intuitive to many.

2) The Earth orbiting the sun
It was also the ancient Greeks who established at the earth orbited the sun, and not the other way around. The earth, they realised, was not the centre of the universe, but merely a part of it. This theory – heliocentrism – was espoused by Galileo in the seventeenth century, who challenged the Catholic church’s view that it was against the scripture, who accepted the idea relatively quickly.

3) Evolution
Darwin’s theory of evolution ran contrary to the creationist views which were mainstream in his time. However, overwhelming evidence led to its acceptance even by many religious people, although many still hold counter-evolutionary views, especially in the US.

4) Mendhelian inheritance
This is the theory, developed by Gregor Mendel in the 1860s, is the theory of how characteristics are passed down from one generation to another, through genes. His ideas were initially ignored: it was only in the twentieth century that they were taken up by other scientists, and went on to form the basis of modern genetics.

5) Global warming
The first theory that man’s activity could affect the world’s climate emerged in the late nineteenth century, but were disbelieved by most. It was not until the 1930s that scientists began to realise that they were likely true, and extensive research has taken place since. Nevertheless, the idea remains a controversial one, and is still refuted by some.

Other scientific theories are emerging all the time, and many seem utterly implausible. There is still so much that we do not know about our planet, and beyond it. Quantum physicists deal in ‘dark matter’ – so-called because they have limited understanding of what it is, though it is thought to be the basis of ‘black holes’. Other theories which seem impossible, but may yet be proven, are constantly studied. For example, it is thought that teleportation will be possible, perhaps within decades, and embryonic teleportation involving single atoms has already taken place: called ‘quantum entanglement’.

Another unlikely sounding theory is the ‘Copenhagen entanglement’. This holds that it is possible for something to be in two places at once: demonstrated by the ability of a particle to pass through two slits at the same time. There are many possible bizarre manifestations of these theories, and others. Who knows, they may yet come to shape our world.

Rachel is a freelance blogger with a background working on science parks and an interest in making science more accessible.

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Learn How Gravity Works — Again, as an Adult

Guest Blogger — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:55:57 +0000

I went to a science center exhibit a few weeks ago that had you step on a scale and it showed you how much you weighed on planet Earth (wake-up call that I need to return to the gym), followed by what you’d weigh on each of the other planets. The interactive exhibit explained that the variation is due to gravity. Gravity, which I found to be a complicated theory to grasp as a child, can be easily explained at 800loadcel.com. But, essentially, it is what keeps you standing upright and not smushed to the Earth right now.

Thank you, gravity!

Gravity is not the only scientific theory that is hard to sum up in a few words. As a former science major, I struggled to see things as only black or white. I found the topics interesting, but it was difficult to see why water boiled at a specific temperature and not one degree sooner, how load cell calibration worked or where exactly kinetics came into play. This may be why I ended up changing my major.

Science for dummies

The average person doesn’t need to know every single who, what, when, where, and why of biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, and meteorology. But a running knowledge of how the world works comes in handy for helping your kids on homework, water cooler conversations, and if you’re ever picked to go on Jeopardy.

I find that watching shows on the Discovery Channel rekindles my childhood love of learning. Shows like “Myth Busters,” which uses science to explain why or why not old wives’ tales are true (for example, talking on your cell phone while pumping gas will make you blow up), is a fun way to engage the audience while exposing them to more complicated theories and processes.

More fun when you can play along

I am also a huge fan of attending museums and exhibits geared toward kids. My boyfriend and I recently went to the Maryland Science Center and Baltimore Aquarium. The day trip proved to be a fun one that included learning (and relearning!) about marine wildlife, germs, DNA, and the human body.

I especially love interactive exhibits. From mazes that teach about the human digestive system to a display on Antarctica that has real parkas worn on the tundra available for visitors to try on, it’s just more fun to lean while doing.

Many websites offer at-home ideas to help your kids get the extra attention needed to learn about a specific lesson in science class. Use baking soda and vinegar to teach about chemical interactions via a volcano for chemistry. Take them outside for some hands-on ecology while helping out in the garden. And maybe you’ll also rekindle your love of science in the process.

Now that you know more about how to enjoy the science all around us, dig deeper into a topic of your choice, such as why with load cell calibration is important (800loadcel.com can help!).

Post written by guest blogger James Tennant.

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(3) Home

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(6) Up and Over Down Under

(7) High Shot of Low Pressure

(8) A Cloud Street Map

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(14) A Full Moon

(15) A Closer Look at the Lunar Surface

(16) Solar Power

(17) Blaze and Flare

(18) The Shine of a Sun Spot

(19) A Solar Eclipse from Space

(20) Look upon Mercury

(21) Beautiful Venus

(22) Mighty Mars

(23) Ringed Saturn

(24) The Giant Jupiter

(25) A Look at Europa

(26) Distant Uranus

(27) Far Off Neptune

(28) Pluto Out In the Cold

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(30) A spiralling Galaxy of Stars

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