Month: February 2022

It rains like precious gems on this planet

February 28, 2022

Can you imagine living on a planet (Rains Precious Gems) with precious gems instead of water? Scientists have now discovered these new features in an exoplanet that previously discovered clouds made of metal, rain and gems. Called ‘WASP-121b’, the gas giant orbits a star about 855 light-years from Earth. This is according to a study…

Phobos orbiting Mars

February 27, 2022

Images taken on EXI camera 2021 August 2021 during the Hope mission in the UAE.Phobos is located at an altitude of 6000 km above Mars when this image was taken. Phobos is one of the two moons of Mars.Phobos is generally thought to be an asteroid orbiting Mars. Phobos is also the Innermost Satellite orbiting…

HabEx

February 26, 2022

Habex is a space telescope designed to detect terrestrial orbits around bright stars. (Habitable Exoplanet Imaging Mission-HabEx). Habex is looking for stars as bright as the sun. Planets in their habitable zone and the presence of water and methane on such planets will be examined. Water and methane are signs of life. Water is the…

Milky Way Galaxy: All You Need To Know

February 26, 2022

What is the Milky Way?⁠The Milky Way galaxy is a huge collection of dust, gas, and stars, including our Sun. The Earth is located inside this galaxy, so it is often called “our home galaxy” or simply “our galaxy.” ⁠ ⁠It might be hard to believe, but that starry band across the night sky that…

The total number of stars in the universe is approximately 10 Sextillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000)

February 24, 2022

At present, the number of living things on earth is 800 billion, with only a quarter of a trillion (1,250,000,000,000) stars per adult! Think about it, every human being in this world, including you and me, is not one or two crores, but a quarter of a trillion suns !! Planets and moons all around…

Marie Curie was the first and only woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry.

February 22, 2022

For more than 100 years, Curie’s clothing, furniture, books, and laboratory notes have been radioactive. Curie’s laboratory notebooks are still housed in lead – lined boxes in museums in France. Marie Curie’s goods will still be radioactive for 1500 years.

Carina Nebula

February 22, 2022

The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, and it is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm. The nebula is approximately 8,500 light-years from Earth