1000 facts about space blog tour and giveaway

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1,000 Facts Well-nigh Space

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Get ready to wham off on an illuminating journey to the uttermost reaches of the universe as we gloat the release of the 1,000 Facts Well-nigh Space (National Geographic Kids Books, month 8-12). This week, five blogs wideness the web are featuring out-of-this world facts well-nigh mysterious woebegone holes, daring space travel, groundbreaking missions, weird stars and one of the giants of the solar system – Uranus! Looking to up your galactic IQ? Read on!

Fascinating Facts Well-nigh Woebegone Holes

A woebegone slum is a place in space where gravity is so intense that nothing can escape it, not plane light. Because no one can see inside a woebegone hole, no one knows for sure what happens to anything that falls into it. BUT, experts do know this!:

· Because woebegone holes don’t requite off any light, they are invisible through normal telescopes. Astronomers snift them by looking for x-rays shooting out of them or by watching objects whirligig an empty-looking area.

· When two woebegone holes run into each other, they send ripples through space tabbed gravity waves.

· Earth will never be swallowed by a woebegone hole. The closest ones are thousands of light years away

· A woebegone slum is not empty space. It is unquestionably a whole lot of matter jammed into a really small zone to create a superdense object

· The woebegone slum M87* is gigantic. At well-nigh 25 billion miles wide, M87* is larger than our unshortened solar system

· If you fell into a woebegone hole, the intense gravity would stretch your soul out into a long thread surpassing you disappeared. Astronomers undeniability this process spaghettification.

· In 2019, a team of scientists coordinated eight radio telescopes virtually the world to work as a single massive telescope so they could capture the first overly image of a blackhole—at the part-way of galaxy M87.

· If you have an irrational fear of the universe—like the weighing that the sun will skiver us, Earth will stop spinning, or a woebegone slum will swallow us up—you suffer from cosmophobia.

If you’d like to learn 992 MORE facts well-nigh woebegone holes, planets, astronomers, telescopes, space travel, pioneers of space travel, space weather and so much more, trammels out 1,000 Facts Well-nigh Space by astronomer Dean Regas.

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Did you know … that one of Saturn’s moons is so hollow it would bladder in water? That the largest known star is 3.69 billion times worthier than our sun? Or that Jupiter likely has diamonds floating in its clouds? Explore dazzling facts well-nigh the vast expanse of space, from glowing stars billions of light-years yonder to supermassive exploding supernovas to rockets thundering into the unknown. This comprehensive typesetting takes you on a mind-blowing tour of our unbelievable universe and is full of fascinating facts on topics such as space exploration, our solar system and galaxy, and beyond.

Expert astronomer Dean Regas ― former host of PBS’s Star Gazers and astronomer of the Cincinnati Observatory ― takes you on an incredible tour of facts well-nigh each planet in our solar system, dwarf planets, our sun and other stars, exoplanets, comets, asteroids, galaxies, space travel, and so much more. Hundreds of stunning photographs bring the facts to life.

About the Author

DEAN REGAS has been the astronomer for the Cincinnati Observatory since 2000. He is a renowned educator, author, national popularizer of astronomy, and an expert in observational astronomy.

From 2010–2019, Dean was the co-host of the PBS program Star Gazers. His books include Facts From Space!, 100 Things to See in the Night Sky, and 100 Things to See in the Night Sky, Expanded Edition. Dean is a contributing editor to Sky & Telescope magazine and a freelancer to Astronomy magazine, where he won the 2008 Out-of-this-World Award for astronomy education. Dean has written increasingly than 150 astronomy wares for the Cincinnati Enquirer, blogged for the Huffington Post, and is regularly featured on television and radio. Dean is a frequent guest on National Public Radio’s Science Friday and Here & Now. He moreover hosts an astronomy podcast with Anna Hehman tabbed Looking Up. At the Cincinnati Observatory, Dean has ripened his skills as a dynamic writer and public speaker who brings the complicated field of astronomy lanugo to Earth for students of all ages. You can find him online at https://www.cincinnatiobservatory.org/dean-regas/about-dean.

Additional Resources

For spare info on the wonders of outer space, trammels out the kid friendly games, wares and wondrous images of our galaxy and vastitude at National Geographic Kids’ Passport to Space. Educators, tap into to a wealth of resources focused on space exploration, including informative videos, wares and Kahoots, at NG Education’s Resource Library.

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Blog Tour Schedule:

February 6th — From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle Grade Authors

February 7th  — Imagination Soup

February 8th – Daddy Mojo

February 9th – YA Books Central