Category: Solar system

Enceladus

October 13, 2022

Enceladus is Saturn’s sixth largest moon, only one-seventh the diameter of our Moon. Perhaps the mysterious sphere in the solar system where extraterrestrial life is most likely! In 1789, British astronomer William Herschel was the first to discover Enceladus, one of Saturn’s inner moons. This discovery was made with the 47 inch telescope he built….

DART is complete success!

September 27, 2022

The mission to hit and divert an asteroid for the first time in history is a success. The first step was to get close to the asteroid and crash into it (Kinetic Impact). NASA’s DART mission touched down eight hours ago. As predicted, the asteroid began to appear on the vehicle camera around 4 am…

Jupiter is now closest to Earth!

September 26, 2022

Yes.. In a few days we will be able to see Jupiter, our giant planet, closer and brighter than it has been in the last 70 years. Directly opposite to the Sun..that is, Jupiter rises in the east when the sun sets in the west, overhead at midnight, and Jupiter sets in the west when…

Does Neptune have rings?

September 22, 2022

Yes, James Webb has copied these rings pretty cleanly.

Is there only lightning on earth?

September 11, 2022

  Lightning is not the only thing on Earth.  Lightning has also been seen on other planets.  Why lightning has been seen even on the planets in our solar system In 1979, NASA’s probe Voyager 1 went close to the planet Jupiter, and then it photographed the powerful lightning that occurs on Jupiter.   It…

Amazing facts about Earth ,Moon,Sun

September 10, 2022

If you line up about 108 moons from Earth, the average distance to the moon is. Similarly, if 108 suns are placed in a row from the earth, then the average distance from the earth to the sun is. The diameter of the sun is equal to 108 earths.

Do rockets actually explode?

September 6, 2022

Are the bursts during launch that we see really typical? The truth is for Allen. Rockets that malfunction and spontaneously explode are rare. The rest? It is done by the mission team sitting on the ground below. To avoid damage by falling on the ground. When a rocket is launched, it is filled with explosives…

Emirates mars mission

August 25, 2022

Below is an image of Mars taken by the UAE’s Hope probe. Three very active 350 km to 400 km wide volcanoes can be seen above. Below is Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system, 27 km high, 600 km wide and 6 km cutting edge.