Category: Planet

How the moon effects the tide

December 1, 2022

The Moon and Earth exert a gravitational pull on each other. On Earth, the Moon’s gravitational pull causes the oceans to bulge out on both the side closest to the Moon and the side farthest from the Moon. These bulges create high tides. The low points are where low tides occur. watch video

How does zero gravity train astronauts?

November 24, 2022

Zero gravity can be created artificially Objects have weight because they are attracted by the earth. Acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 meters per second. Even if an object is dropped in a controlled manner with the same acceleration, it will feel weightless during the fall. So if a human-carried vehicle can be brought as…

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System.

November 23, 2022

This high-resolution image of Io, Jupiter’s fifth moon, taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft was published on December 18, 1997. Io’s surface is dotted with hundreds of volcanoes, some of which spew sulfurous plumes hundreds of miles high.

NASA to torch the moon

November 11, 2022

NASA is preparing to launch a torch to the moon. The agency aims to find water in the moon’s south polar region in a mission called Lunar Flashlight. NASA is confident that water is present in craters in the south polar region of the Moon. In the future, the agency plans to focus on this…

The InSight Mars Lander will soon come to rest

October 31, 2022

NASA has announced that the work of InSight Lantern, which was sent by NASA to study the interior of Mars, will soon stop. The lantern only has enough energy to function for four to eight weeks. After the storm, the solar panels that collect energy for the lantern are getting dusty. With this, the charge…

76 years ago on October 24, the first picture of Earth was taken from space.

October 26, 2022

This black and white image was captured by a 35 mm camera lens carried by a V-2 rocket from an altitude of 105 km. This rocket is also the first man-made object to cross the Kármán line. Although the rocket and the camera were destroyed, they said their goodbyes leaving only the film in the…

Rashid Rover is ready for a historic mission.

October 23, 2022

Rashid rover, the U.A.’s lunar mission, is in full swing. The Crown Prince of Dubai has also been appointed to the Executive Council. Sheikh Hamdan bin Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is from Yarman. All required tests have been successfully completed. The history of being the first Arab state to reach the moon is…