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Solar System Animation

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The Earth compared to other worlds

Size and mass comparison of the Earth and a random selection of other rocky objects in the Solar System

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How big are the Gas Giants?

A comparison of the size and mass of the gas giants, the Sun and Earth.

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Are You a ‘global warming Nazi’?

Click here: People who label skeptics ‘deniers’ will kill more people than the Holocaust, says University of Alabama scientist Roy Spencer

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Report: Report: Farmers’ Almanac more accurate than government climate scientists

Click here: This exceptionally cold and snowy winter has shown that government climate scientists were dead wrong when it came to predicting just how cold this winter would be, while the 197-year old Farmers’ Almanac predicted this winter would be “bitterly cold”.
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Snow Day!

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington High School appears buried behind mounds of snow cleared from the school’s parking lot Wednesday after 6-inches of drifting snow fell overnight. Classes were canceled for the day due to the inclement weather.
Photo by Dan Hockett
West Burlington High School appears buried behind mounds of snow cleared from the school’s parking lot Wednesday after 6-inches of drifting snow fell overnight. Classes were canceled for the day due to the inclement weather.
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Eagles from the past

Photo by Dan Hockett Bald Eagle makes a quick getaway with it's catch at Lock and Dam 18 in January, 2009
Photo by Dan Hockett
Bald Eagle makes a quick getaway with it’s catch at Lock and Dam 18 in January, 2009
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The End of Snow Days?

Click here: Students at a West Virginia school stayed home today for winter weather, but they still had to report to class.
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Forget global warming, worry about Earth’s magnetic field

Click here: Forget global warming, worry about the MAGNETOSPHERE: Earth’s magnetic field is collapsing and it could affect the climate and wipe out power grids.

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Want to see a Supernova?

Click here: Exploding star in nearby galaxy could be visible through binoculars within two weeks
Nasa.gov
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