These days, the movement of rocks or asteroids that are hovering in space as a threat towards the Earth is not stopping. These rocks, formed from planets billions of years ago, are orbiting in our solar system. These days, these heavy stones with rugged shapes are moving towards the earth one after the other. When…
When scientists can find evidence of the presence of water in space, then what is salt? Researchers have discovered salt (sodium chloride) crystals in a sample of an asteroid brought to Earth by a Japanese spacecraft. Japan’s Hayabusa mission collected a sample from asteroid Itokawa in 2005. The sample was brought to Earth in the…
The existence of asteroids in space in our solar system is as old as our solar system itself. That means they have been formed ever since our solar system was formed. That is, during the formation of the solar system consisting of the Sun and the planets revolving around it, some rocks were also scattered…
The solar system is said to be 4.6 billion years old. The formation of the solar system is not yet known accurately. Only theories have been presented about this. It is said that the Solar System may have originated from an explosion inside a large gas cloud, also called a nebula. Whereas the universe is…
Asteroids in space exist as a threat to the Earth. However, till now very few such incidents have come to light in which it has been found that asteroid has caused devastation on the Earth. But millions of years ago, the extinction of giant creatures like dinosaurs is also believed to be due to the…
You must have heard about asteroids at some point or the other. These are rocks moving in space which are said to have come out of the explosion that occurred during the formation of the solar system. Their size can range from 50 feet to several kilometers. These days they are continuously passing close to…
Our solar system is not very old in the infinite ocean of space. It is said to have been formed 4.6 billion years ago. According to space scientists, the scientific theory says that the solar system was born from an explosion inside a large gas cloud, also called a nebula. In this explosion, planets were…
The existence of asteroids in space is as old as our solar system. Asteroids are those rocks scattered in space which can neither be called meteorites nor planets. They have their own distinct structure. The distance between two celestial bodies in the solar system is determined according to their orbit. But this fact applies only…
Asteroid: The first name among the rocks coming near the Earth today is ‘Asteroid (2023 MH4)’. This 42-foot asteroid could be as big as a bus.
Asteroids are those rocks rotating in space which can pose a big threat to the Earth at any time. These have been revolving around the Sun since the time of its formation, bound by the Sun’s gravity. They are different from planets and meteorites but their structure is similar to planets, because they are made…