Stars & Planets in Scale

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Nerf - Funstuff

Do you love Nerf? Want to have some cool Nerf wallpapers and screensavers? Head over to Hasbro's web site, go to the Nerf page and then click on the link for Fun Stuff. You can even get IM icons or send your friends a Nerf ecard.

Little Robots Interactive Childrens TV Entertainment CBeebies CBBC

Meet and interact with all the Little Robots, Spotty, Noisy, Rusty, Sparky, Stretchy, Scary, Stripy, Sporty and Messy Robot, games and activity from CBeebies TV.

Welcome to FoxFaith.com - Family and Christian Films

Not sure what upcoming movies to watch or what films would be good for your children? Here is a site with faith based recommendations.

Films you can believe in. FoxFaith.com Movies is the online guide to current and upcoming faith-based video releases from FoxFaith. FoxFaith is a new branded distribution label from Twentieth Century Fox, created to house and distribute its growing portfolio of morally-driven, family-friendly programming. To be a part of Fox Faith, a movie has to have overt Christian Content or be derived from the work of a Christian author.

For more, visit FoxFaith.com.

Family Christian Stores

Wrap it up for Christmas at Family Christian Stores.

Family Christian Stores® is America's leading specialty retailer with over 299 locations and over 5,000 employees in 37 states dedicated solely to the $4.3 billion Christian retailing market. Family Christian Stores® sells Christian products and church supplies through its chain of stores and via the Internet. Merchandising categories include Bibles, Books, Music, Childrens, Gifts, Apparel, Software, Cards, Church Supplies and DVD's.

Get your shopping done now.

Anatomy of a Black Hole

View a flash tutorial on the Anatomy of a Black Hole.

There are two main processes constantly going on in massive stars: nuclear fusion (which tends to blow the star's hydrogen outward from the star's center) And gravity (which tends to pull all hydrogen back in the direction it had come). These two processes balance one another until all the star's hydrogen is exhausted, allowing gravity to take over. Once gravity dominates, the star becomes unstable and starts to collapse. More massive stars tend to burn hotter and faster. Once all the hydrogen has been exhausted, such stars quickly collapse, shedding much of their mass in dramatic explosions called supernovae. Once the star starts to collapse, it does not stop, and the star (and ultimately its atoms) will cave inward upon itself, resulting in the formation of a black hole. Our sun Black hole candidate Earth Stars must be at least 3 times as large as our own sun before they will collapse into a black hole. Stars smaller than that will collapse into either a neutron star or a white dwarf. A black hole is defined, as a region where matter collapses to infinite density, and gravity so extreme that even light cannot escape. So if light is not given off by black holes, how do we detect them? Can you spot the black hole? Black holes can be detected through a technique called gravity lensing. Gravity lensing occurs when a massive object, in this case a black hole, passes between a star and the Earth. The black hole acts as a lens when its gravity bends the star's light rays and focuses them on the Earth. From an observer's point of view on the Earth, the star would appear to brighten.

Go to Anatomy of a Black Hole to learn more.

Pick a Pumpkin

Design your very own jack-o-lantern and even print it out. First choose the shape of your pumpkin, then the shape of the cutout parts for the eyes, nose and mouth. I like pointy triangular shapes, but you can pick and choose your own.