Asteroids were created when our solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago Today there are around 800,000 orbiting the Sun, and a few are potentially hazardous to Earth Just how difficult is it to predict their movements? Just like the Earth, asteroids rotate as they orbit the Sun. When one side is facing the Sun,…Continue reading Will an asteroid hit Earth? | Natural History Museum
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Illinois Adventure #1407 “Burpee Museum of Natural History”
IT BEGAN AS A HUMBLE DISPLAY OVERSEEN BY LOCAL ENTHUSIAST MILTON MAHLBERG. OVERSEEN BY LOCAL ENTHUSIAST MILTON MAHLBERG. THEN IN 1942, IT IT BECAME THE MILTON MAHLBERG. THEN IN 1942, IT IT BECAME THE NUCLEUS FOR A NEW MUSEUM AND THEN IN 1942, IT IT BECAME THE NUCLEUS FOR A NEW MUSEUM AND MOVED INTO…Continue reading Illinois Adventure #1407 “Burpee Museum of Natural History”
The search for life on Mars | Natural History Museum
Is there life on Mars? Has there ever been? These questions have inspired science and science fiction alike. But a mission, led by the European and Russian Space Agencies, might finally reveal what really lies beneath the surface of the Red Planet. We’ve been sending missions to Mars since the 1960s to find out what,…Continue reading The search for life on Mars | Natural History Museum
Life in the Dark – behind the scenes | Natural History Museum
At the Natural History Museum in London, the finishing touches are being made to an exhibition which explores life that exists in near-total darkness. The Museum is working with a specialist design studio to use video gaming technology to bring visitors closer to some of the most inaccessible environments on the planet. Life in the…Continue reading Life in the Dark – behind the scenes | Natural History Museum
Diving in the dark: exploring underground realms | Natural History Museum
We think we know our planet, but hidden below its surface is a dark and mysterious world. For me and for other cave explorers, we look into those black doorways and we see nothing but opportunity. Mountaineers often say that they climb mountains, because they’re there. We go into caves and go cave diving, because…Continue reading Diving in the dark: exploring underground realms | Natural History Museum
How to go rockpooling | Natural History Museum
What you need ID guide, bucket, clear jar Step 1. Prepare Check the tide times and weather for your beach location Step 2. Scout Wait until low tide and find an area with accessible rock pools Be careful when walking as the rocks can be slippery Approach a pool slowly and quietly Keep your shadow…Continue reading How to go rockpooling | Natural History Museum
Can you find dinosaur fossils in Ireland? | Natural History Museum
Ireland is well known for its lack of snakes But less so for its lack of dinosaurs Only two dinosaur bones have ever been found there When we look around Ireland we find most of the rocks are just too old. They were deposited before there were any dinosaurs. Some of the rocks are just…Continue reading Can you find dinosaur fossils in Ireland? | Natural History Museum
The blue whale: a three-year labour of love | Natural History Museum
It’s strange coming here today and seeing this. I think when we started you don’t ever think so much about the finished product, you just kind of take one step at a time. I’ve never worked on anything like this, what am I thinking? I’ve never worked on anything as big and as significant as…Continue reading The blue whale: a three-year labour of love | Natural History Museum
Why are birds the only surviving dinosaurs? | Natural History Museum
Dinosaurs were the dominant land animals for hundreds of millions of years. But then, 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth. Dust clouds filled the sky and blocked out the sunlight. It became much colder. Plants died. And because it was so cold and dark, new ones didn’t grow very well. Large volcanic eruptions…Continue reading Why are birds the only surviving dinosaurs? | Natural History Museum
Annoying Jun at the GEOLOGY MUSEUM
Rachel: Hey guys! Jun: Hey! Today we’re in Ibaraki Prefecture, …and we’re going to be going to a couple cool places. But starting off, we’re at …a geological museum. Okay, I majored in geology for a year …my first year in university before I knew what I wanted to do. So, I took eighteen credit…Continue reading Annoying Jun at the GEOLOGY MUSEUM