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Once upon a time, there was a little galaxy named Segue 1, just wandering around space. One day, it got too close to the big Milky Way galaxy, and got captured into its orbit, and it’s been stuck there ever since. At least, that’s what scientists think happened, 8 billion years ago!
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If you will be in Los Angeles California this month, stop by Sparrow Mart at The Standard. The supermarket features 31,000 items, all made from felt! British artist Lucy Sparrow, created felt packaged goods like hot sauce and cereal, adorable fruits with faces, and even VHS tapes. Everything is for sale, so go shopping!
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Things to do on a Saturday: go to a yard sale, play with sand, or go bowling. It’s National Garage Sale Day, Bowling Day, and Play In The Sand Day. Go to garage sales early in the morning before the best stuff is gone. Maybe you’ll find a bowling ball or a sandbox!
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Jason Tetlak is an interactive artist. His art needs tools like 3D glasses, augmented reality apps, or red lights to be seen fully. He’s also painted the largest ever 3D mural! The 1,930 square foot painting is on a wall in Jacksonville Florida, and will look blurry unless you bring your 3D glasses!
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At the Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Moscow, geologists announced the discovery of a new mineral. The mineral was found in a rock from space, and has been named uakitite, since the metor was found in the Uakit region of Siberia. Unfortunately, the uakitite samples are microscopic.
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Every morning, Matt Hart goes to what he calls, the best job in the world. He works at The Lott in Australia, and his job is to call people to let them know they’ve won the lottery! Winners love to tell Matt how they’ll spend their thousands, or even millions. What a happy job!
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This weekend, the Perseid meteor showers will hit their peak. Earth passes through the comet Swift/Tuttle’s tail, and bits of the comet burn up in Earth’s atmosphere, creating blazing meteors. Earth’s Northern Hemisphere could see 60 shooting stars per hour, late at night! Most Perseid meteors are tiny, weighing only as much as a paperclip.
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Today is World Lion Day. The “King of the Jungle” actually inhabits grasslands. A lion’s roar can be heard for 5 miles! It’s also Lazy Day. See if you can sleep 16 hours today, like a lion! When you wake up, make s’mores around a fire. S’mores Day celebrates the chocolate-marshmallow-graham cracker treat!
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Security footage captured a hairy thief outside a home in Lake Tahoe California. A bear easily opened an unlocked car door with its paw, got into the back seat, and exited with a bag of food! Last week in Vancouver Island Canada, 95 year-old Anna Stady chased a bear out of her kitchen, twice!
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Farmers in Manitoba Canada set a new world record last weekend. 303 combine harvesters teamed up at once, to harvest a wheat field. The machines created a giant cloud of dust as they rumbled through the field. The event, organized by Harvest for Kids, raised money for Children’s Camps International.
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