Many types of activities are being seen in the Sun these days. In the last few days, many solar storms have reached towards the Earth. Apart from this, recently solar flare (energy released due to flare up of the Sun) has also reached the Earth due to which incidents like radio blackout have also happened…
Space scientists have seen a high wall-like structure on the surface of the Sun. The surprising thing is that this wall is 1 lakh kilometers high! It is being described as a wall of plasma. Argentinian astronomer Schaumburger Poupeau has captured it in his camera. Poupeau is an astrophotographer who took this photo on March…
Asteroids have been passing close to the Earth continuously for the last few days. Almost every day, an alert is being issued by the space agency NASA about some asteroid coming close to the Earth. These meteorites keep revolving in space continuously and pass close to the planets. But an alert is issued for an…
Asteroids moving in space are continuously coming towards the Earth and passing close to it. These asteroids are also known as fragments left over during the formation of planets which continuously revolve around the Sun in their orbit. Many times they are seen as falling stars at night. But they are actually very small pieces…
Asteroids have become the most discussed topic in the world of space these days. Every day an alert is being issued by NASA for one asteroid or the other. In the last few days, asteroids or minor planets have passed very close to the Earth. These are said to be the fragments left over at…
American space agency NASA has warned about an asteroid. It has been told that a rocky ‘disaster’ the size of a bus is going to pass close to our Earth today. The asteroid named ‘2023 JL1’ could be 39 feet wide. When it will be close to our Earth, the distance between the two will…
Space agencies around the world, including the American space agency NASA, are exploring Mars. The purpose of most space missions sent to Mars is to explore the possibilities of life there. This is to understand what the climate of the Red Planet was like in the past. In this sequence, the European Space Agency (ESA)…
Astronomers around the world are searching for ‘exoplanets’ in search of life outside the Earth. Such planets which do not revolve around our Sun but around some other star are called exoplanets. Scientists think that such a planet may exist in some star system where life is possible. One published in the journal Nature Study…
How many hours are there in a day? You will say 24. The answer is absolutely correct, but a day on Earth was sometimes of 19 hours. That period is called the ‘Boring Billion’. Two geophysicists have found in their study that the Earth had to face a decrease in rotation due to the decrease…
If you are interested in the events happening in the sky, then tonight can be special for you. From tonight till tomorrow morning, the planets Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune can be seen in the sky. It is being said that all five planets will be visible in a straight line tonight. However, it…