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Directions: Look at the fact pages on Mars and Earth. Notice the similarities and differences between the two planets. How are they alike? How are they different? Similarities Differences

Related Links New Dwarf Planet Named Eris New! A Tenth Planet? Or just Eight? (from 2005)The Flap Over Pluto (from 1999) Sedna (from 2004)How the Planets and Satellites Got Their NamesBasic Planetary DataThe Solar System Pluto is Out! Pluto’s new classification is “dwarf planet,” while the eight planets remaining—Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are planets. The dwarf planet definition mirrors the planet definition in the first two conditions....

Blow up a balloon without using your mouth or your hands. The balloon should inflate inside the bottle. Why it happened: As the air in the bottle cooled, it contracted and took up less space in the bottle. Air from outside the bottle rushed in to fill the space and inflated the balloon. What happened: In the experiment, the clay represents the Moon, the flashlight the Sun, and the orange is the Earth....

Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore go to Pyeongchang Related Links 2018 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia: Ancient Olympics In February 2018, six more countries will go to the Winter Olympics for the first time. Here’s a look at the athletes representing each nation. Ecuador Ecuador will be represented by 38-year-old Klaus Jungbluth Rodriguez, who has chosen to represent his home country after an extended period of work and study in Queensland, Australia....

It’s also the day that marks the running of the Boston Marathon, the oldest and most prestigious annual marathon in the world. The race attracts more than one million spectators and 25,000 runners, a far cry from the 15 runners that took to the course for the inaugural race in 1897. Boston’s legendary course has the reputation of being both gorgeous and nasty at the same time. Its hills have swallowed even the most elite runners....

At new moon, the Moon is lined up between the Earth and the Sun. We see the side of the Moon that is not being lit by the Sun (in other words, we see no Moon at all, because the brightness of the Sun outshines the dim Moon!) When the Moon is exactly lined up with the Sun (as viewed from Earth), we experience an eclipse. As the Moon moves eastward away from the Sun in the sky, we see a bit more of the sunlit side of the Moon each night....

Two Bros Bows I first discovered Two Bros Bows while working at a toy store. Our owner had just come back from Toy Fair and told us about these toy archery bows being sold by a duo of young brothers from North Carolina. Not long after, we had people coming into the store looking for them. Two Bros Bows is now a million-dollar company. So how did this phenomenon start?...

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72.4%The percentage of eligible voters (18 and older who were citizens) in North Carolina who were registered in the last presidential election. 88.1%Percentage of Charlotte residents age 25 and older who are high school graduates or higher. 39.8%Percentage of Charlotte residents age 25 and older who have a bachelor’s degree or higher. 13.6%Percentage of the population who are foreign-born. 55,720Number of veterans in Mecklenburg County. 13.1%Percentage of Charlotte residents who are Hispanic or Latino....