Mesopotamia, meaning ‘between rivers’, lay in the country we know as modern Iraq. Northern Mesopotamia’s weather was mild, with enough rain for crops to grow in some areas. In the south lay a flat, swampy plain built up from mud spread by the river floodwaters. This area was called... Read More
Around 18,000 years ago, the last of a series of Ice Ages gripped much of the northern hemisphere. Icecaps spread southwards across Europe and North America. The sea level fell, uncovering land bridges which animals and people crossed – between Asia and Alaska for example. Ice Age hunters, clo... Read More
The Planets Besides Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune eventually. Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system. Like Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus are of gas. The three planets have rings, but it SATURN s rings, one of the most spectacular. Q Why SATURN s rings illuminate them? Saturns rin... Read More
The Twin Earth Venus is the second planet from the sun. E ‘also Earths closest neighbors, and their size, composition, gravity and distance from the sun with Earths. Venus is very similar to earth, is often as a double. But in fact, Venus is very different. Q Why is the planet Venus hotter th... Read More
Galaxy The universe is a large open space is made up of billions of galaxies, stars and more. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way. Our solar system, including Sun, the planets and their moons, only a small part of the Milky Way. Q How did the universe? A universe that is not more than 15 billion yea... Read More
Stars A star is a giant ball of gas and dust that are also heat and light. If gas is the recording star, dies. A star can live for millions or even billions of years depending on its size. Each galaxy in the universe is composed of billions of stars. Q: What is a proto-star? A star is born in clouds... Read More