The brightest star in our sky has a companion that’s smaller than Earth yet 98 percent as massive as the Sun, a new study reveals. How many times bigger is a star than Earth? It is 864,000 miles (1,392,000 km) in diameter, which makes it 109 times wider than Earth.Read More →
In 1932 anti-electrons (positrons) were found in cosmic ray debris by Carl Anderson. The first antiprotons were deliberately created in 1955 at Berkeley Lab’s Bevatron, the highest-energy particle accelerator of its day. Where is antimatter found in real life? Today, antimatter is primarily found in cosmic rays – extraterrestrial high-energyRead More →
As Darkseid did not believe the plan to conquer Earth required him to leave his throne, Darkseid sent his military general Steppenwolf … Oct 26, 2017 7,608. > Who is Steppenwolf trying to impress? Also featured in the new version is Darkseid (Ray Porter), the lord of the hellscape ApokolipsRead More →
Gold is heavenly, in every sense of the word. Most people don’t know this but, while we mine for gold here on earth, all of the gold that’s deposited in our planet was formed during the explosions of stars and collisions of asteroids, and eventually found its way to earthRead More →
Scientists use the movement of pendulums to provide evidence that the Earth is rotating. A pendulum is a weight hanging from a fixed point so that it can swing freely back and forth. When you move the base of the pendulum, the weight continues to travel in the same path.Read More →
You can’t stand on Uranus That’s because Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune don’t have solid surfaces – they have a rocky core, but are mainly big balls of hydrogen and helium. How many Earths can fit in the planet Uranus? Uranus is the third largest planet in the solar system.Read More →
What is a super-Earth? Super-Earths – a class of planets unlike any in our solar system – are more massive than Earth yet lighter than ice giants like Neptune and Uranus, and can be made of gas, rock or a combination of both. They are between twice the size ofRead More →
7 SPHERES® is both an illustrated scientific encyclopaedia and a card deck. It defines our planet as 7 interconnected spheres – Cryosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere, Lithosphere, Magnetosphere and Technosphere. What are the 6 spheres on earth? The six spheres of the Earth system are the atmosphere (air), geosphere (land andRead More →
Maitreya makes his first appearance in Buddhist scriptures in the Cakkavatti Sutta of the Pali Tipitika (Digha Nikaya 26). In this sutta, the Buddha spoke of a future time in which the dharma is entirely forgotten. … This is the only time the historical Buddha is recorded as mentioning Maitreya.Read More →
Currently none are predicted (the single highest probability impact currently listed is ~7 m asteroid 2010 RF12, which is due to pass earth in September 2095 with only a 5% predicted chance of impacting). Currently prediction is mainly based on cataloging asteroids years before they are due to impact. CanRead More →