Scientists Pinpoint The Edge of Space.
2. When was it published?
On April 10, 2009
3. What are 3 things you learned?
1. The University of Calgary have created a new instrument that is able to track the transition between the relatively gentle winds of Earth's atmosphere and the more violent flows of charged particles in space. With that data, the University of Calgary scientists confirmed that space begins 118 km above Earth. The Canadian Space Agency invested $422,000 into the development of the Supra-Thermal Ion Imager instrument on JOULE-II.
4. What are 2 things you found interesting?
The Supra-Thermal Ion Imager was carried by the JOULE-II rocket on Jan. 19, 2007 and that the ability to gather data in that area is significant because it's very difficult to make measurements in this region.
5. What is 1 question you still have?
How do people find out how to invent these kinds of things??
1. Which article did you read?
Cool Stars Have Different Mix Of Life-Forming Chemicals
2. When was it published?
April 10, 2009
3 What are three things you learned?
Astronomers used Spitzer to look for hydrogen cyanide, in the planet-forming material swirling around different types of stars.
The researchers detected hydrogen cyanide molecules in disks circling yellow stars like our sun.
Hydrogen cyanide is a component of adenine.
4. What are 2 things you found interesting?
Young stars are born inside cocoons of dust and gas, which eventually flatten to disks.
Prebiotic molecules, such as adenine, are thought to have rained down to our young planet.
5. What is 1 question you still have?
How did they find the cocoons of dust and gas??
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