This 'n' That
Here are some interesting facts I found for you at Trivia? Web
- The force of gravity is very strong on a neutron star because of its amazing density. Your weight on a neutron star would be 10,000 million times greater than on Earth.
- The largest crater that can be seen on the Moon is called Bailly, or the "fields of ruin." It covers an area of about 26,000 square miles, about the size of West Virginia, and is over three times the size of Wales.
- The Moon weighs 81 billion tons.
- The nucleus of Halley's comet is a peanut-shaped object, weighing about 100,000 million tons, and measuring about 9 miles by 5 miles.
- The planet Jupiter is named after the supreme god of the Romans. He was the god of the sky, the bringer of light, hurling lightning bolts down on the world when displeased. The planet Saturn is named after the Roman god of seedtime and harvest. The planet Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love.
- The sun burns 9 million tons of gas a second. At this rate, it has been estimated it will burn out in another 10 billion years.
- The Earth moves in its 585-million-mile orbit around the Sun approximately eight times faster than a bullet travels.
- It is estimated that within the entire universe there are more than a trillion galaxies.
- In 1981, "M&M's� Chocolate Candies were chosen by the first space shuttle astronauts to be included in their food supply. "M&M's�� are now on permanent display at the space food exhibit of the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C..
- When the first pulsar signal was detected in 1967, it was thought that its signals might be a message from an alien civilization deep in space. The signal was jokingly labeled "LGM," for "little green men."
I also found some new friends for you
http://theraokgroup.com
http://members.tripod.com/~alienship/index.html
You can even try your hand at making your own alien by going here:
Make your own alien
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/cool_stuff/alien/make_alien.html&sw=false&art=ok
Of course your aliens (or maybe even you?!?!) will need a way to get home. So I tried to help you there as well.
http://members.spree.com/frymaster/spaceyard.htm