NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has spent 15 years in space. In honor of this anniversary, 15 of Spitzer’s greatest discoveries are featured in a gallery. Launched into a solar orbit on Aug. 25, 2003, Spitzer trails behind Earth and has been gradually drifting farther away from our planet. Spitzer was the final of NASA’s four …
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When the NASA’s Swift satellite first stared taking pictures in 2007-2008, it focused on the Triangulum Galaxy. At the time, it created the “most detailed ultraviolet image of an entire galaxy ever taken.” The bright purples and blues highlight the star formation happening in the Triangulum Galaxy. • It is often mistakenly called the Pinwheel …
The mystery of methane on Mars may finally be solved as scientists Monday confirmed the presence of the life-indicating gas on the Red Planet as well as where it might have come from. In the 15 years since a European probe reported traces of the gas in the Martian atmosphere, a debate has raged over …
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Every star you see in the night sky is bigger and brighter than our sun. Of the 5,000 or so stars brighter than magnitude 6, only a handful of very faint stars are approximately the same size and brightness of our sun and the rest are all bigger and brighter. Of the 500 or so that …
Viewed from above, we can now see that our gaze takes across the Perseus Arm (toward the constellation Cygnus), parts of the Sagittarius and Scutum-Centaurus arms (toward the constellations Scutum, Sagittarius and Ophiuchus) and across the central bar. Interstellar dust obscures much of the center of the galaxy. Credit: NASA et. all with additions by …
The Moon is the Earth’s only natural satellite. A natural satellite is a space body that orbits a planet, a planet like object or an asteroid. It is the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. Learn more about the other moons in the Solar System. The average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384403 kilometres (238857 miles). The …
How can wolves radically change rivers? Why do whales have the power to change the composition of the atmosphere? It seems everything’s more connected than we’ve ever realized. Have you heard of rewilding? This inspiring TED Talk will quickly become one of your favorites as it makes you consider how this concept can make our lives better. Source: Barrett …
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Have you ever avoided a floating glob of green algae while swimming in a lake? What if that goo could be the new generation of renewable energy? Algae may be our destiny! Source: Pxhere Did you know that algae is the most promising and sustainable source of biofuel? It can be grown on land or sea, and …
Just think about that for a moment, okay? All of life as we know it, literally everything in our records so far, has started on Earth… but not these plants. These are space plants. These babies have grown up without gravity, swirling around our planet with a few galactic gardeners tending to them. So, what does …
If x^x^x^x^x^…..upto infinity =2 and also let’s take y^y^y^y^y^…..upto infinity=4. But when u find the value of x and y it’s the same i.e.√2. Therefore, we can easily conclude that 2=4. But it is not possible in reality. So where is the mistake here?????
The human brain weighs 3 pounds It comprises 60% of fat and is one of the fattest organs in the human body Human brain has the capacity to generate approximately 23 watts of power when awake. Of the total blood and oxygen that is produced in our body, the brain gets 20% of it. When …
1.If that happens then harmful UV rays can reach on the surface of the earth. 2.Those UV rays can damage our eyes. 3. It Can cause diseases like skin cancer. 4. It can destroy our immune system. 5.Without ozone layer humans won’t last for 3 months. 6. Plants will die within weeks.
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