American space agency NASA is issuing alerts for asteroids every day. The agency keeps an eye on these rocky pieces. These are said to be the fragments left at the time of the formation of the solar system, which means they could be the remains of the planets themselves. Scientists are constantly trying to understand…
Asteroids are posing a major threat to the Earth these days. These are small rocky pieces that revolve around the Sun. These are much smaller than the planets. According to NASA, they have been in existence since our solar system was formed 4.6 billion years ago. A large number of asteroids are floating in our…
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…
Astronomical objects like stars, planets, satellites, asteroids and meteors are present in space. Apart from the 8 planets of our solar system, a large number of asteroids are also present in it. According to NASA, more than 7 lakh 30 thousand asteroids have been discovered so far, out of which 16000 asteroids are present in…
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…
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…
There are thousands of asteroids in space at a distance of millions of kilometers from the Earth. It is said that these rocky pieces were scattered in space at the time of the formation of the solar system. That is why, like the planets, they are revolving around the only star of the solar system,…
There is no end to the depth of space, but space scientists are now able to see much further into it. So many astronomical events keep happening in our solar system that many times even scientists are surprised. Solar system is also called planetary system which is revolving around the Milky Way galaxy. There are…
The celestial bodies present in the solar system, which was formed 4.6 billion years ago, include planets, satellites, asteroids and comets etc. which make up the entire solar system. All of them revolve around the Sun. Compared to the Earth, the Sun is said to be 13 lakh times bigger than it and is continuously…
Space scientists have discovered a lot about the solar system. Apart from 8 planets, a large number of satellites and asteroids are also present in it. Asteroids can also collide with a large celestial body by getting attracted by its gravity. If we look at the size of the Earth itself, its diameter is 12,756…
