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    • I appreciate the news and information on space, especially the sun. I am a mother of 2 and I like to make sure our little ones are safe, you and your website help very much for our little families safety and everyone else's too, for this, we thank you so much to the moon and back! Xo Take care and be safe always,
      Warm regards
      Angela McGonigle and family :)

    • This was very scary info, but I've always been fascinated with the outer atmosphere. Thank you for this.

    • The rise and fall of temperature in a single day is 32 degree Celsius.That is 32 degrees at noon and o degrees at night,Even a refrigerator is not capable for handling such variations.So what is working on our planet for this change in temperature? The heat generated during the day should go somewhere to allow the cold to come in,O K the heat goes up to the clouds,but where is the cold hiding.
      I know this is a foolish question,but still can somebody answer me.

      • The only foolish question is the one that is not asked. A few things first. 1) I will assume you 32 degree statement is true (not sure it is) 2) you have to understand that Cold is the ABSENCE of heat...Cold does not "come in"...heat escapes. The cold is not "hiding" it is in the space all around us. There is an instrument called CERES (Cloud and Earth Radiant Energy System) the measures the earth daily for radition of energy (heat). It is on the Terra, Aqua, and NPP satellites. *It was on TRMM but it broke. Also there was a satellite called ERBS Earth Radiation Budget Satellite that did the same thing. In any case as the sun heats the earth it also is cooled as the heat escapes when the planet rotates to the night side. If there are clouds they act as a kind of a blanket and the heat escapes slower. They is why cloud cover is so important. So you asked where is the cold hiding....it is not, the HEAT escapes into space and when it does the planet cools....hope that helps.