Mars was not always without a magnetic field but for reasons unknown it stopped working 4 billion years ago (Mars Fact Sheet). ... Despite the fact that Mars is half the size of Earth, it is the planet most similar to Earth, mainly in rotation rate and axial tilt of its orbit ("Mars Stats"). ... The results of the Martian atmosphere effect the weather, and cause temperatures to rise and fall very quickly. ... They occur every Martian year, which is about the equivalent of 2 Earth years (Mars Fact Sheet). ... It has 4 seasons and each one lasts twice as long as seasons on Earth (Mars Fact Sheet...

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Although there are nine planets in our solar system, only one planet has the distinction of being the closest planet to the sun. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. ... The planet probably received this name because it moves so quickly across the sky. ... Facts About Mercury Mercury is so close to the sun that you can only see it near sunrise or sunset. ... Other Interesting Facts The planet Mercury appeared to cross in front of the Sun on May 7, 2003. ...

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However human society and culture has evolved enough that science and technology is quickly catching up to religion in terms of cultural advancement. ... We are, in fact, the fastest advancing species on this planet. ... With mars we have a lot more to work with though, the planet already has a thin layer of atmosphere; we could easily terriform the planet by pumping out CO2 into the atmosphere making it thicker, the planet will become warmer and Mars's polar caps will melt. ... But the fact still remains, our sun cannot burn forever, its lifespan, however long it may be it is still not...

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Use a Timeline to outline the historical developments of models of the universe from Aristotle to Newton. 330 BC Aristotle described the Earth to be a stationary object or Sphere at the centre of the Universe with the sun, stars and planets moving Around the Earth. ... He basically proved the Sun was bigger than the Earth and based his Theory on that fact. 120 AD Ptolemy wanted a system which would predict the positions of the planets. ... Developed three ...

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Pioneers, leaders, innovators, quick and original, full of energy and enthusiasm - you love to be first in everything that you do. ... You have a quick temper, but you don"t hold a grudge. ... Ariens tend to be quick, impulsive and confident. ... You have a very active imagination and truth is not a fetish with you, in fact you bend it quite a bit. ... Saturn in Cancer Saturn is the planet of self-preservation and defence. ...

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The original title was pretty simple in terms of gameplay, giving only a small amount of planets, technologies, ship designs and diplomacy options. Nevertheless, gaining immense popularity very quickly, it pressed hard on the developers for a sequel. ... And in fact, that mission statement inevitably introduced new concepts, some of which brought the old thrill back, and some that aggravated many loyal fans to the extent of pronouncing the game "unplayable". ... The number of planets rose to about 1,500 (average of 5 planets per each of the 300 star systems) from about 300 in the previous tit...

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Today I"m going to make you open your eyes to the possible future of our planet if there isn't anything done about it. ... Over population is an another issue raised in the book, because of the world's population, millions of forests had to be cleared for crops to be grown so large amounts of chemicals where dumped on forests to kill them quicker and easier. ... Now I"m not one of those people who think everything is bad, my opinion is based purely and utterly on facts. ... Or slowly yet surly destroying the planet from heat and then in time, we would end up like the "red planet" and...

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Conceived on the doomed planet Krypton, scientist Jor-El sent his son Kal-El on a hyper light rocket off into space. ... He can loose his powers if he expends a lot of energy quickly, or if he spends too much time away from the yellow sun while on outer space. ... Learning of Krypton's fate and the fate of both his parents, Clark was further determined to protect his knew planet, Earth. ... After accepting the fact that he was not an ordinary human, Clark decided to use his powers for the common good of mankind. While living in metropolis, he took up a job at the Dailey Planet as a mild...

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Currently, there are over 7 billion people on the planet but by the year 2050 the population is projected to increase to 9 billion. Has the human species taken over too much the planet? ... I also agree with almost all of the information that the chapter provided because it is very hard to disagree with facts, which many people have opted to do so unfortunately. ... I found the quick visualization very interesting. ... The future of our planet is depending on how we use resources such as food, water, and natural energy....

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Released in 2009 the movie Avatar written and directed by James Cameron, tells the story of a paraplegic marine who is dispatched to a distant planet called Pandora to fight against the natives of that planet in support of a greedy corporation. Instead, he learns that the people of Pandora, called Na'vi are harmless but they will go to the extremes to protect anything and everything on their home planet. ... Through several months of learning the way of the Na'vi, Jake Sully, played by Sam Worthington, quickly realizes that the lives of the Na'vi are way more important than s...

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Proving how life may be able to adapt and evolve on planets with a different composition to that of Earth's is way to difficult. ... According to a cosmic census extrapolated from NASA's Kepler telescope, at least 50 billion planets reside in the Milky Way Galaxy. ... Seeing as how life evolved rather quickly on Earth, life may have done the same thing on these 50 other planets. ... Remember, these planets have been found within the Milky Way galaxy alone, what about the other billions of galaxies in the universe? ... The fact that several species have increased their cognitive facul...

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Our planets natural balance is extremely important to all plants, animals, humans, and other organisms living here. ... Humanity and the way it has chosen to live are primarily to blame for global warming and the constant destruction of our planet. ... Environmentalists all across the world are afraid that we are quickly destroying our planet and have incredibly convincing arguments for their fear, yet the skeptics still refuse to budge. ... "In fact, eleven of the last thirteen years feature in the top twenty five warmest years on the planet" (Naik). Also with the warmer climates,...

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These traits give him the ability to quickly escape his seekers and set him on the right path. ... The ship then crash landed on a desert planet that orbits around three suns, leaving the planet in a stream of constant daytime. Many events transpire and everyone on the planet realizes they are in trouble because the planet is infested with deadly creatures that live in the darkness of the planet's caves and soon there will be an eclipse showering the planet in pith black darkness for an unknown amount of time. ... After he is immunized he explores the planet and finds out that the planet...

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The speaker describes how light get to the "our cloud-hugged planet" then far and further through everything else then to herself. ... Her tone in the poem is very private since she describes how light travel through our big planet but only come down to her feeling when she saw the light came to her just like as it enter through her private chamber in a medieval castle, a boudoir. Her writing is light and kind of loneliness as a matter fact as quiet as the travel of light. ... The speaker is screaming out the touch of light has on her, "I hear you loud love"same as Minister speeches out God...

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Using facts from the past and making a logical decision based on them is the closest we come to an accurate prediction of the future. "Robot Renaissance" by Danylo Hawaleshka and "The Lonely Planet" by John Ibbitson contain predictions of the future world we could live in. ... (Danylo Hawaleshka, 345) Common sense would dictate that technology began to assist in performing tasks quicker, easier and more efficiently. ... The world is changing everyday and these machines become tailored to suit the task we need done and since it becomes easier, we are able to complete these tasks quicker. ...

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I believe other animals have just as much a right to exist on this planet as we do. ... In fact, so strange is our race today, I would hardly classify it as a race of mammals. ... But obviously, all this comes at an expense, and the ones who are paying it, are all other species that inhabit the planet. ... The meat farms claim they make the slaughter process quick and painless; cows are simply tethered and lined up on a conveyor belt, and roll toward two giant anvils, which pound together, crushing the skull of the cow in a split second. Quick. ...

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Our health is greatly influenced by the conditions of what we live in and since humans live on this planet earth, we need to take care of it. The main issue recently to the planet earth is the growing pollution that is happening every day everywhere. There is a landfill overflow currently happening which means landfills are getting filled to quickly and cannot be broken down in time for more trash to have room in the space. ... They are also meant to be recycled for the sake of the planet. ... Some might say that tap water actually has dangerous chemicals when in fact; about forty percent of b...

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However, culturally, it might as well have been a newly found planet, and we were its discoverers. ... There, we quickly set up our hammocks, dropped our luggage, and hopped back in the vans to tour our work cites. ... However, that quickly changed. ... In fact, saying good-bye was oddly enough much harder than the decision to come and all the sacrifice and hard work combined. ... He will be returning home for a quick visit in November, but then he will be headed back until he feels his job is complete. ...

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With every solution we come up with to solve global warming and to somehow restore our once green planet, there seems to be consequences with every move we make. ... Polar bears are now drowning due to the horrific increase of seawater because of ice melting so quickly. ... This is the planet we live on; it is our responsibility to treat it with care. ... It is true with the fact that it will reduce the cost of buying gallons of gasoline to fuel your car. ... Listening to Al Gore's speech and seeing the physical change our climate change has done to our planet with the addition of hard ...

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The fact is that whatever they are looking at is quite obviously more than just a pair of malfunctioning diodes on a control panel. ... An interesting aspect of all of these reports is the fact that everyone interviewed describes the phenomenon in similar detail. ... If the evidence of Extraterrestrial life was encountered on our planet, then the Government just may intervene for the good of our Nation and National Security. ...

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It is at this time, when all parts of the world decide to try to better themselves by reaching new standards of living, that the environment begins to deteriorate at a quicker rate: " the environmental problems [are] brought about by rapid industrialization." ... The staggering fact is that the planet can no longer sustain the rate of development. ... People from these richer places are accustomed to receiving what they wish and thus effectively causing the planets resources to diminish. ... This means that if the countries that can afford the resources use them all up quickly, and then prob...

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It is a known fact that oil is a long natural process and should be taken more seriously by the people. ... Glaciers in Antarctica have been melting for some time now; however, they've been melting much quicker than predicted by scientist. Reason being, as with the Green House, so much pollution covers the planet that when heat enters through sunbeams that same amount of heat is unable to escape; so, the Earth is constantly becoming hotter. ...

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The Aral Sea is located in Central Asia and was once considered the fourth largest lake on the planet. ... The shrinking of the Aral Sea has been called "one of the planet's worst environmental disasters" (Micklin, 2007) This research was extremely necessary because of the vast environmental changes it was causing. ... The data was analyzed and compared to the facts from the 1960's, which was when the Aral Sea was the fourth-largest lake on the planet. ... The fact that shipping stopped took a huge toll on the city's economy. ... Communities need to take note of quick fixes fo...

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According to Prot, K-PAX is a planet far beyond the reach of humans, light years away. ... Prot quickly finds himself in a mental hospital, and under the care of DR. ... Nearly every time Prot opens his mouth in the movie, he spews out knowledge and facts that no earth born man could have known at the time. ... On the other hand, if you take all of the odd and extraordinary instances surrounding Prot and piece it together, I am lead to believe that Prot in fact is an extraterrestrial. ...

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These shocking and disturbing facts are the ones that begun to create awareness to the fact that humans are not being careful about the environment. ... In fact, global warming is expected to rise temperatures quicker in the polar regions than in the rest of the world. ... The pictures brought back by astronauts show the atmosphere as a very thin translucent blanket covering the planet. ... This contributes to the constant rising temperatures of the planet. There have been many theories raised to try to disprove the terrible effect that global warming is having on our planet. ...

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