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Kids ask the darndest reference questions…

1st April 2008, 06:10 pm

5yo: “Mom, what sound do pulsars make?”

Me: “They don’t make any sound, because there’s no sound in space.”

5yo: “But then how do the radio telescopes listen for them?”

uhhhh…

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3 Comments

  1. Greg Smith:

    By ‘listening’ to electromagnetic waves, rather than sound? That’s a good one!

    2 April 2008, 10:16 am

  2. rachel:

    Then there was today’s followup question:

    Boy: “How many other universes are there?”
    Me: “No one really knows…”
    Boy: “Well, just google it!”

    oy

    2 April 2008, 3:18 pm

  3. pollyalida:

    Sounds like you have a budding astronomer on your hands!

    8 April 2008, 10:15 pm

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