Earth
Five Interesting Places You CANNOT Visit
July 10, 2022 | EditorsDue to the increasing use of technology, it feels quite impossible to know that some parts of the planet are still unexplored and covered in mysteries. The lesser you know about these destinations, the more you crave for it. Read More
Spectacular Sunset Captured aboard ISS
May 22, 2021 | EditorsWe’ve all seen the iconic image of earth from space: the classic image of Earth, the ‘Blue Marble’, taken on December 7, 1972, depcting our planet as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. Read More
May 30: Mars to Make The Closest Approach to Earth In 11 Years
May 27, 2016 | Editors 1Don’t miss!!! On Monday, May 30, Mars will be closer to Earth than it has been in 11 years and it will shine 10 times brighter than it did at the start of 2016. Read More
What If Earth Were A Moon Of Jupiter
April 28, 2016 | EditorsJupiter is a really big object, its the largest planet in our solar system, so big that 1321 Earth’s can fit into it. This gas giant has 67 moons — four large moons and dozens of smaller ones. Read More
NASA Confirmed New Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Near Earth
April 8, 2016 | Editors 1NASA’ NEOWISE mission (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer) has just released a worth of survey data, characterizing 439 near-Earth objects, out of those, 72 are newly discovered. Read More
Dark Cloud Could Have Contributed To A Mass Extinction
March 27, 2016 | Editors 3New study suggests that an encounter of the solar system with a giant molecular dark cloud could have driven an environmental catastrophe leading to mass extinction in the last 8 million years of the Cretaceous period. Read More
What Would Happen If Earth Doubled In Size Overnight?
March 6, 2016 | Editors
We live in a part of the solar system called the Goldilocks zone where it’s not too hot that all the water evaporates away, but it’s also not too cold where it freezes instead… and unless you’re an astronaut, the big spherical rock will be your home for life. Read More
NASA: Asteroid 2013 TX68 Cannot Impact Earth Over The Next Century
February 26, 2016 | Editors
Earlier this month, the news about a small asteroid coming close to Earth has caused controversy among the astronomical community. Read More
The Moon Is Shrinking. Are We Destroying It?
October 3, 2015 | Editors
Gravity from the Sun and moon work together to give us tides here on Earth. And in return, Earth’s gravity is cracking the moon’s surface. Sorry to be the one that told you this, but the moon is shrinking. Read More
Why Doesn’t Earth Have Rings Around It Like Saturn?
August 26, 2015 | Editors 1
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all have rings, so why doesn’t Earth have rings too? Turns out that, mostly, the answer is luck. Read More
Early Earth Ate A Mercury-Like Planet Thus Allowing Life To Flourish
April 17, 2015 | Editors
The ‘young’ Earth may have swallowed a Mercury-like planet billions of years ago, a collision which providing our planet’s layers and generate Earth’s magnetic field creating the perfect conditions required for life to flourish. Read More
NASA On Alert: Huge Asteroid On Near-Collision Course With Earth
March 25, 2015 | Editors
According to a report, a 1,000 m wide huge asteroid could pass past earth on Friday. Currently, the asteroid has been travelling at a speed more than 23,000 mph in space. Reports stated that if the mammoth asteroid, 2014-YB35, hit earth it could destroy a country and pose threat to the planet. Read More
-
Top 5 Fascinating and Mysterious Space Objects
480325 Views
Top 5 Brightest Stars As Seen From Earth
189261 Views
Top 5 Largest Stars In The Universe
150210 Views
KIC 8462852 Star Mystery Just Got Even Deeper
108850 Views
5 False Conceptions About Space
98198 Views
Recent Comments