Sentences with phrase «air molecules still»

Even though 310 miles up is technically outer space, a few air molecules still float around — not enough to make the slightest difference to astronauts on a space shuttle or the space station, which orbit considerably lower, but sufficient to slow the GRACE satellites perceptibly.

Not exact matches

The incredibly diverse mix of molecules and particles that we call air has a history stretching back to 4.5 billion years ago, when space rocks and planetesimals bombarded the still - forming Earth.

On the other hand, «perfectly still» air will, of course, have molecules moving at 100's of m / s, rearranging with no net motion on a macroscopic level.

tomOmason: «We still have 10,000 particles (molecules and atoms if you must) of normal air but now we have 4 particles of CO2 in there, the sun shines on them, and PAP!!

When the air is partly saturated (80 % for the boundary layer), more water molecules leave the ocean than the air, but almost as many still go from the air to water.

When the air's carbon dioxide levels rise --- to 400, 600 or 800 ppm — the stomata shrink in size, causing them to lose less water from transpiration, while still absorbing ample CO2 molecules.

Strano has filed for a patent on the sensor, and the team is still working out a compression system to ensure that any molecules in the air come into contact with the tubes and are therefore detected.