Yes, Daylight Saving Time is upon us. For most of the United States, on March 14, 1:59 a.m. will be followed by 3:00 a.m. as clocks are officially set forward one hour. So, March 14 will only be 23 hours long. Of course, Earth’s rotation knows nothing of this timepiece manipulation, so observers will note [...]
The New Horizons spacecraft is on its way to Pluto. It left Earth back in January 2006. Now it is almost halfway between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus. When will it reach Pluto? Not until July 2015. Why so long? Pluto is “out there.” How “out there” is it? A scale model can help.
This week’s KUTV Cosmic Quiz winner is Cameron Porcaro. Cameron’s question was, “How far away is the nearest star to our solar system?”
Fun question!
This week’s Cosmic Quiz Question was asked by Erik Lindblom.
“Why do stars shine in different colors?”
That’s a great question, Eric!
Stars come in a variety of colors, temperatures, ages, brightness and sizes.
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