http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5433 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:37:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5433/comment-page-1#comment-11210 Becky Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:56:41 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5433#comment-11210 from what i understand, the target chambers can be manipulated to resemble different atmospheres--that way, scientists can see how an impact would occur differently on other planetary surfaces...so that factor, combined w/the speed, produces different kinds of combustion. from what i understand, the target chambers can be manipulated to resemble different atmospheres–that way, scientists can see how an impact would occur differently on other planetary surfaces…so that factor, combined w/the speed, produces different kinds of combustion.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5433/comment-page-1#comment-11190 tim Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:01:39 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5433#comment-11190 This may be a dumb question, but why and how would a glass marble emit light when shattering or blowing up? This may be a dumb question, but why and how would a glass marble emit light when shattering or blowing up?

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