Luna 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1959, was the first spacecraft designed to study the Moon. It was also the first artificial object to leave Earth’s gravity and travel close to the Moon. However, due to a small technical error, it missed its target and became the first human-made object to orbit the…
Humanity has taken a small step closer to the Sun, thanks to NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. It has now become the closest man-made object to the Sun, reaching just 6 million kilometers from its surface. Currently, the probe is in a position where it cannot communicate with Earth due to a temporary signal blackout. By…
Aditya-L1, India’s first solar observatory spacecraft, has successfully completed its first orbit in the halo trajectory around the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1). The spacecraft began its orbit around the Lagrange point on January 6 and took 178 days to complete this initial mission phase. Launched on September 2 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh aboard…
The day of the first recorded solar eclipse, according to belief, was predicted by the Greek philosopher Thales. It is believed that on May 28, 585 B.C., the solar eclipse occurred, and Thales had foretold this event beforehand. Thales is revered for his contributions to early Greek philosophy and science, and his alleged prediction of…
The Monday, April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The total solar eclipse will begin over the South Pacific Ocean. Weather permitting, the first location in continental North America that will experience totality is Mexico’s Pacific coast at around 11:07 a.m. PDT. The path…
Perihelion is the closest point in orbit to the Sun Earth’s closest approach to the Sun this year was January 4, 16:17 (UTC). On this day, the image captured from Sydney using a telescope and H-alpha filter has been posted.
Closest black hole to Earth discovered. The black hole, named Gaia BH1, is located 1560 light-years from Earth. This black hole exists by partnering with a star. The distance between this star and the black hole is similar to the distance between Earth and the Sun. Scientists also found that this star has 10 times…
Today, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the Sun “smiling.” Seen in ultraviolet light, these dark patches on the Sun are known as coronal holes and are regions where fast solar wind gushes out into space.
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.
