Ripley's Believe it Or Not!A book of facts and records about bizarre feats of the human, material, and natural world, this solid reference of the strange but true is updated for 2005. 500 full-color photos & illustrations. |
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... stars because they are made almost entirely from subatomic particles called neutrons . Light Speed It takes 4 minutes for the light of the Sun to reach Earth . Serious Size The star Sirius is about 25 times brighter than our Sun ...
... stars because they are made almost entirely from subatomic particles called neutrons . Light Speed It takes 4 minutes for the light of the Sun to reach Earth . Serious Size The star Sirius is about 25 times brighter than our Sun ...
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... star packs one tenth of the amount of matter as the Sun into only a billionth of the space . Whirling Stars Spinning at more than 1,000 times a second , some neutron stars rotate ten times faster than a compact disc . Sunny Days Our ...
... star packs one tenth of the amount of matter as the Sun into only a billionth of the space . Whirling Stars Spinning at more than 1,000 times a second , some neutron stars rotate ten times faster than a compact disc . Sunny Days Our ...
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... stars called magnetars may be a million times smaller than the Earth , but they have a thousand trillion imes the ... star of the nine moons " -before scientists even knew about Saturn's moons ! Encounters of the Alien Kind ! short ...
... stars called magnetars may be a million times smaller than the Earth , but they have a thousand trillion imes the ... star of the nine moons " -before scientists even knew about Saturn's moons ! Encounters of the Alien Kind ! short ...
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