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Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (GISP2)

Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (GISP2)

What is the GISP2 ice core? In late 1988, the Office of Polar Programs (OPP, formerly the Division of Polar Programs) of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) officially initiated the Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (GISP2) project. It was developed as the first...

Yucatan Peninsula Chicxulub Crater

Yucatan Peninsula Chicxulub Crater

Yucatan PeninsulaChicxulub CraterImages GalleryDetailsThe impactor's velocity was estimated at 20 kilometers per second (12 mi/s). The kinetic energy of the impact was estimated at 72 teratonnes of TNT (300 ZJ). The impact generated winds in excess of 1,000 kilometers...

Speed of Light

Speed of Light

The Speed of Light in 4 images! There is a lot to be said about the speed of light, but as it has been said, a picture is worth a thousand words. About the Earth Circumference: 24,860 miles 40,008 kilometers Diameter: 7,917.5 miles 12,742 kilometer Radius: (at...

Neptune

Neptune

The eighth and most distant major planet orbiting our Sun. It was the first planet located through mathematical calculations, rather than by telescope.