This concludes Science Question of the Week for this school year. Tune back in after the summer in September for another year of great questions and answers.

Have a terrific and safe summer 2006!

1. What does inflation have to do with the early Universe? (26 May 2006)
   
   
2. Name at least 2 reasons why there's so much more sediment in the Chesapeake Bay today than 200 years ago? (19 May 2006)
   
   
3. What is a starburst galaxy? (12 May 2006)
   
   
4. In order to cast a shadow on the Earth' surface after sundown, how bright must a celestial object appear -- as bright as the full Moon, the 1/4 Moon, Jupiter? Which 2 or 3 objects qualify as shadow makers? (07 April 2006)
   
   
5. Arthur C. Clark and Robert Forward wrote science fiction stories about solar sails, spacecraft that require no fuel to move around in interplanetary space. NASA is working on a flight demonstration of such solar sail crafts. Since they have no fuel on board, what propels these solar sail crafts, the solar wind, solar storms, or Sun light? (24 March 2006)
   
   
6. On average, approximately how many days per year is the temperature at the North Pole colder than at the South Pole; 200, 160, 120, 80, 40? How many days per year is the North Pole temperature colder than Vostok, Station, Antarctica? (10 March 2006)
   
   
7. What do a NASA engineer and a police detective have in common? (03 March 2006)
   
   
8. Where would you go to find the largest known lightning storms? (24 February 2006)
   
   
9. Is there any difference between natural and man-made snow? If there is, what is it and what impact does it have on winter athletes? (17 February 2006)
   
   
10. What is a sundog? Are they just another rainbow? (10 February 2006)
    
    
11. Do the dates for the latest sunrise and earliest sunset during the winter occur at nearly the same time for all latitudes? (03 February 2006)
    
    
12. How close can you get to a black hole without falling in? (27 January 2006)
    
    
13. How has the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer helped us to see the difference between neutron stars and black holes? (20 January 2006)
    
    
14. What does it mean when a hurricane name is "retired?" (13 January 2006)
    
    
15. We get to experience (sort of) two of these in the night sky this month -- we've already had one. What are they? (16 December 2005)
    
    
16. What is UTC ? How do I tell at what time a satellite picture was taken? (09 December 2005)
    
    
17. What is an Einstein ring? (02 December 2005)
    
    
18. What was the "Little Ice Age?" (28 November 2005)
    
    
19. What did the first stars look like? (14 November 2005)
    
    
20. This has been a remarkable hurricane season indeed! Not only have several extremely damaging hurricanes pummeled the U.S., Central America and Caribbean nations, but for the first time ever, we've run out of proper names for these storms. However, perhaps the most curious hurricane of 2005 is one that received little attention. Any idea as to which one? (November 4, 2005)
    
    
21. When Deep Impact’s probe crashed into Comet Tempel 1 on July 4, how big a crater did it leave? (October 28, 2005)
    
    
22. Why are tropical cyclones (Tropical Depressions, Storms, Hurricanes and Typhoons) named? (21 October 2005)
    
    
23. What is "space weather", and why should I care? (14 October 2005)
    
    
24. What are the most distant objects seen in the Universe? (07 October 2005)
    
    
25. A popular movie this past summer, March of the Penguins, mentions that Antarctica is the coldest, driest, windiest, darkest, and highest continent. Which of the these adjectives is incorrect?(30 September 2005)
    
    
26. Has a tenth planet really been found? (23 September 2005)
    
    
27. Because the world, planets, stars and so much that NASA surveys is in constant motion, it's important to know the laws. Sir Isaac Newton wrote the 3 laws of motion can you name them? (16 Sept 2005)

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