In science class, you have likely heard that atoms are the smallest thing in the universe. Take that piece of information and forget it. Sure, they are small, but there are far smaller things. Take quarks for example. You likely haven’t heard of them, but they are the building blocks of the building blocks of […]
Category: Ponderings
Size Comparison: How Big is the Universe?
Earth is 333,000 times smaller than the Sun. The Sun is 5 times smaller than Sirius A. 200 Sirius As could float across Pluto’s orbit at a time, and Betelgeuse wouldn’t fit inside that orbit, though, because it takes 140,000,000 Sirius As to fit inside of that. However, it would take five Betelgeuses to fit […]
Birds A-M
Birds are very friendly, quirky creatures. Let’s get to know the most famous few of these guys so we can really appreciate them. Albatross Albatross are really interesting creatures, with so many different adaptations, I couldn’t tell you the half of them. But, the coolest couple things about these guys are that in a single […]
Creative Writing Lesson
Writing is a lot of fun, and I wanted to pass on a little of what I know about it. First: Do you know what writing is? There are a variety of answers, but what it really is is communication. That’s all. In this small lesson, I’ll tell you a bit about it. Characters No […]