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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
