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DK Space: Mars

WHY IS MARS CALLED THE RED PLANET? WHAT IS MARS’S SURFACE LIKE? FIND OUT MOREThis rocky planet has a thin atmosphere and ice caps at its poles. Strong winds can whip up dust storms that cover the…

DK Space: Pluto

IS PLUTO REALLY A PLANET? WHAT IS THE KUIPER BELT? FIND OUT MOREThis deep-frozen world of rock and ice was the last planet to be discovered—US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh spotted it in 1930. It is…

Movies and Film: Ten Fabulous French Films

Ten Fabulous French FilmsMovies and FilmFrench Film HistoryIt's Art, Stupid!A Century of Cinematic SplendorBefore the WarSurfing the "New Wave"The Eighties and NinetiesTen Fabulous French Films…

cloud

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Approximate heights of some types of clouds cloud, aggregation of minute particles of water or ice suspended in the air. Cloudiness (or proportion of the sky covered by any…

Mailer, Norman

(Encyclopedia) Mailer, Norman (Norman Kingsley Mailer), 1923–2007, American writer, b. Long Branch, N.J., grad. Harvard, 1943. He grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., served in the army during World War II,…

New Planets and a Larger Solar System

More planets? by Chris Frantz A view of the new solar system, thanks to The International Astronomical Union/Martin Kornmesser Related Links Basic Planetary DataThe Solar SystemThe…

DK Space: Mercury

WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE ON MERCURY? WHAT IS MERCURY’S SURFACE LIKE? FIND OUT MOREA rocky sphere, with a huge iron core, Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. It can sometimes be glimpsed from…

2000 Olympics: Wrestling

Freestyle 119 lbs (54 kg): 1. Namig Abdullayev, AZE def. 2. Samuel Henson, USA (4-3); 3. Amiran Karntanov, GRE def. German Kontoev, BLR (5-4). 128 lbs (58 kg): 1. Alireza Dabir, IRN def. 2. Yevgen…

Child Stars at the Oscars

by Beth Rowen Related Links Academy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Daytime Emmy Awards Top 10 Kids Movies…