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Water is part of our everyday life. In fact, science has it that nearly more than 60 percent of the human body is made of water. Aside from our human body, Earth, which is our planet of birth is largely occupied by water. Let’s hit the facts; about 71 percent of the Earth’s surface is…
The Milky Way is one of the trillions of galaxies that make up the observable universe. These galaxies are categorized into several types including spiral, irregular, elliptical, and peculiar galaxies. Our Milky Way galaxy falls under the spiral galaxy type. However, astronomers have discovered how close the Milky Way and Andromeda collision will occur as…
Space rocks have been making their way into our home planet on various occasions. On February 12, at around 10 pm EST (0300 GMT, February 13), a space rock burned up through Earth’s atmosphere and made its way over Europe. A few hours after this dramatic event, a space-focus citizen science volunteer group found a…
NASA’s Parker solar probe made its closest-ever approach to the Sun on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2024). This is the closest any spacecraft has ever reached to the sun. During the history-breaking space flight, Parker’s space probe reached within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun. At this close distance, it encountered the…
Can life on Earth thrive assuming we have an extra planet in the solar system? The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has studied the solar system carefully and declared that there are only eight planets in our star systems after dethroning Pluto to a dwarf planet in August 2006. Despite the official declaration of the IAU, some…
