Interesting Astronomy facts

It is believed that human race has been able to explore only 5% of the matter in this universe. The reaming 95% consists of the dark matter and dark energy.

There exist Neutron Stars in this universe which are extremely dense bodies. Neutron stars are so dense that a small bucket of Neutron Star material can have mass equivalent to that of moon.

Sun produces energy equivalent to one hundred nuclear bombs in one second

Black holes have such a tremendous gravitational force that they can even pull the passing by rays of light.

Light form distant universal object sometimes taken thousand and millions of year to reach earth. This means that the object we are looking today was actually there millions of years ago. Hence, when we look up the sky we are actually travelling back in time.

There are records of a Super nova explosion which kept lighting up the night sky for several months. This explosion resulted in creation of Crab Nebula.

Space debris when enters into earth atmosphere, its starts burning due to friction of the air and leaves a bright tail visible form human eye.

Atmosphere plays an important role in the structure of a planet. Planets having no atmosphere have no mechanism to retain the heat near the surface.

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Interesting facts about Planet Earth

Following are interesting facts about our planet Earth

Earth resides in between Planet Mars and Venus.

Earth core consist of Iron and Nickel

Earth also has a magnetic field caused by it spinning.

Earth was once believed to be the center of solar system around which the other planets were believed to be rotating.

The names of almost all planets of our Solar System have been derived from either Roman or Greek Mythology whereas Earth is the only exception.

Earth is not of a perfect sphere in shape rather it has an egg like shape.

Earth is believed to be the only plant discovered in universe so far where life is possible.

Earth is the only planet where the majority of surface area is covered with water which we call oceans.

Earth’s natural Satellite is knows as moon whereas numerous artificial satellites have been developed by human which rotate around earth alongwith moon.

The diameter of Earth differs when measured through the equator and the poles due to its egg shape property.

Amazing Space Facts. Shooting Stars or Meteors

There exists unlimited quantity of space debris which keeps floating in and around galaxies. When a bit of material from this debris enters into Earth’s atmosphere, it starts heating due to friction of the Air and the bright trail it leaves while burning is knows as Shooting Stars or Meteors.

The relatively large prices of meteors which do not burn completely till reaching out Earth’s surface, collide with the earth causing huge dumps and holes on earth surface. These pieces are called meteorites. Appearance of meteors can sometimes similar to earth rocks whereas, sometimes they may also look like thick metal prices.

It is estimated that meteors weighing about thousand of tons enter into the earth’s surface every day. A large majority of this space debris is very small (in the from of grain) which either burns or gently land on the surface of earth without being noticed. Origin of these meteors has sometimes found to be similar to the Asteroids and Comets.

Sighting of some meteors occurs regularly. The most common example of this phenomena is Perseids which appears around August in each year.

There have been reported incidences where human beings were hurt by these falling meteors. One of such incident was witnessed in Sylacauga, Alabama where a meteor weighing about 3.6 Kgs crashed the roof of Mrs. Hewlett Hodges house and severely injured her.

ASTEROIDS AND COMETS

The Fear of a deadly collision of Earth with an unknown space body has always haunted the human race and the chances of its happening are increasing day by day. Size of an asteroids vary form a few feet to several miles..... Continue Reading

Unbelieveable but True Space Facts

This universe is full of unsolved mysteries. Most of the area in outer space is hidden from Human eye, however the facts known are unbelievable and amazing.

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