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What is a Light Year?

August 20, 2018 by FreeSchool

If you’ve started learning about space, you’ve probably heard the term ‘light year.’ But what is a light year? Despite how it may sound, a light year is a unit of DISTANCE, and helps us talk about distances in space. (Hint: objects in space are really, really far apart!)

What Causes Thunder and Lightning?

June 12, 2018 by FreeSchool

Have you ever wondered what makes thunder and lightning? It turns out that lightning is a form of static electricity created when particles in the clouds rub together and creates a charge which discharges (or releases) as lightning. Come learn the basics of thunder and lightning in just over a minute of your time!