Word: solarized
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...distant group of stars whose light, analyzed by a delicate photometric technique, indicates that they may be 25 billion years old. One probable consequence of the find: drastic revision of previous estimates that the universe is 7.4 billion years old and our solar system a mere 5 billion...
...astronomy kits alone up 25% over sales last year. Even babies can now get science right from the start: new, eye-catching mobiles, usually fluttery birds or butterflies, designed for cradles, have been given a scientific touch by Science Materials Center with its Whirling Worlds. Its mobiles depict the solar system, with the planets and sun all in relative proportion...
...Tiros I, the "weather eye," whose pictures of the earth's cloud pattern gave a valuable overall view of global weather. Last week the U.S. launched Tiros II, to improve on the work of its predecessor. The 280-lb., drum-shaped satellite, spangled with 9,260 solar cells, went into a nearly circular orbit about 400 miles above the earth. All except one of its instruments worked fine; only the wide-angle TV camera for photographing large-scale cloud cover was out of kilter...
Whipple thinks that the earth's dust layer is the remains of comets, which bring fragile blobs of material from the outer fringes of the solar system. He suspects that when these cosmic puffballs pass through the Van Allen radiation belts that girdle the earth, they collect strong electric charges that make them pop. breaking them into microscopic dust particles that stay near the earth, perhaps following orbits like near-in satellites...
...Solar Stove. A 14-lb. aluminum-coated steel disk that cooks by focusing the rays of the sun on its grill has been developed by Los Angeles' American Landscape Products, Inc. The 32-in. reflector gathers enough heat to grill a steak in twelve minutes, boil water in two minutes. Price...