Space facts

What's so trendy about Titan ? " Titan " Saturn's icy moon has been a long term candidate to be the only place besides Earth to support life since its discovery in 1665. Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system only after Ganymede - moon of Jupiter. Here we are with the most trendy topics and facts about "Titan". 1. It is the only known moon in the solar system with clouds and a dense atmosphere. The atmosphere's may be denser than that of Earth ! 2. Titan's atmosphere ranges pretty high around 370 miles (600 kms) which is much higher in respect to Earth's atmosphere. 3. It's atmosphere is quite active and complex with presence of nitrogen (95%) and methane (5%) . Titan has also presence of organic molecules that contain hydrogen and carbon, and that often include oxygen and other elements similar to what is found in Earth's atmosphere and that are essential for life.                 An artist's descrptio...

Vy canis majoris all facts and myths Stars are huge aren't they atleast from our perspective, we can take example from our Sun, it's huge. A massive giant, our only source of light, But what is our Sun's postion among the other stars in the Universe ! Well looks like our Sun is out of position among other's. The largest known star in our Universe is Vy Canis Majoris.  It's a huge huge star around a thousand times bigger than our's and 100 times of our Sun's mass. Here we have some Bizzare truths about Vy Canis Majoris you would rather not believe ! 1. Vy Canis Majoris is about 4000 light years  away from us, that's some distance ! But inside our galaxy very much. 2. The largest known star known to human till date, about a 1750 sun's  can fit inside Vy Canis Majoris. 3. It's luminosity is about 450,000 times of that our Sun. Eye burning ! Isn't it. 4. Mass as evident from it's size is 30 - 40 times of that our Sun. ...

Heard of Hell yet ? Your search of hell could land you nowhere far but to 261 million kms far to our neighbouring planet Venus.To be precise to the topic both Mercury and Venus have not been on the radar of human scale from early times because of their inhospitable closure to sun and also their chemical composition doesn't do any good to any possibility of human life on both the planets. We know we have lively hell in our neighbour but do we know to how much extent are they dangerous to any life for. Here in we have tried to put all the conditions into numbers for our understanding of Venus , as a deadly hell. 1. Temperature on Venus are deadly enough to melt lead of a scorching 870 degrees Fahrenheit (465 degree celcius). Probes sent from Earth have never made more than few hours on Venus due to such deadly temperatures and conditions. 2. A characteristic hellish atmosphere mainly of carbon dioxide along with clouds of sulphuric acid. Presence of carbo...

Of all the physical constituents may be Time is the only one which affects us the most. What is time for you ? We have 17 insane ( but true ) facts about time. 1. Time passes faster for your face than for you feet ( assuming that you are standing ). According to Einstein's theory of relativity the closer you are to Earth the slower the time will for you. This prophecy has been proved A year at the top of Mt. Everest would be 15 microseconds shorter than that at the sea level of Earth. 2.  A second isn't what you think it is. Scientifically, it's not defined as 1/60th of a minute, but as " the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom ". 3. Time taken for Earth to rotate is 24 hours , right ! No the exact time taken for Earth to rotate is 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.2 seconds. The reason for taking 24 hours for a day is because everyday the...

A wormhole is a theoretical passage through space-time that could create shortcuts for long journeys across the universe. Wormholes are predicted by the theory of general relativity. But be wary: wormholes bring with them the dangers of sudden collapse, high radiation and dangerous contact with exotic matter.              Wormholes were first theorized in 1916, though that wasn't what they were called at the time. While reviewing another physicist's solution to the equations in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, Austrian physicist Ludwig Flamm realized another solution was possible. He described a "white hole," a theoretical time reversal of a black hole. Entrances to both black and white holes could be connected by a space-time conduit. In 1935, Einstein and physicist Nathan Rosen used the theory of general relativity to elaborate on the idea, proposing the existence of "bridges" thro...

When it comes to space , we all have a lot of questions in our head, so here we have all did you know facts of space for you ....... 1.  Did you know each time you see a full moon you always see the same side 2.  Did you know the longest possible eclipse of the sun is 7.31 minutes 3.  Did you know the sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth 4.  Did you know every year the sun loses 360 million tons 5.  Did you know fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle 6.  Did you know over 500 meteorites hit the Earth each year 7.  Did you know the Sun has a diameter of 1,390,176km (864,000miles) 8.  Did you know 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star 9. Did you know all the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter 10. Did you know an area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles 11.  Did...

Who isn't fond of the world famous cinnamon rolls from the very old Cinnabon, some say it as an eternal experience, phew well that is some tempting?? Isn't it , but what about the speed of light , governing all our astronomy and space related physics till date.  Speed of light is pretty quick , on human terms its enormous to be prcise the speed of light is  299,792,458 m/s. Is your cinnabon still tempting enough ??? 1. The observable Universe - The observable Universe and everything  visible to us is made possible only by the speed of light. 2. Age of Universe - Age of Universe according to us is 13.5 billion years,  It is nothing but the light which has reached us since our Earth's creation. 3. Our only visible source for Universe and everything - We as humans  have Nothing except light to depend upon for our vision to Universe and everything. Speed of light which enormous in terms of human scale makes us feel that Light arou...

What do you think scientists or science preachers don't believe in god ??? Maybe you could be wrong this time.... All leading scientists and theorists like Dr.Michio kaku and Neil De Grasse Tyson , and all are a firm believer of god. The difference is their concept ual belief on god is quite different from that of others.            From early times, man has been a firm believer of god and its creation. The different cultures in different countries and continents have made a variety methods of god's existence based upon their divisions. But scientists , theorists and thinkers have a very common belief on god. 1. God is no material - According to leaders god is no material, and we can never imagine how he / she looks, what are his habits, what its past is and so. 2. God could be a mathematician - Yes, according to scientists god could be renouned mathematician, the Universe is the biggest example of it, everything in the Universe is calculat...

Voyager 1 & 2 have been a great success in the fields of flying probes to space. Originally sent to study the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn along with their satellites, the voyager's have done a handy work, but from there , their missions were elaborated to an interstellar journey , outside the solar system. But it has been more than 40 years , since voyager's departure , it is already outside the solar system an about 10 billion miles away from Earth. Has the hype of voyager's journey taken a hault.......  1. Both the voyager's have created a milestone in their own and are the farthest man made thing in the universe. But their technology are out of dated for today , its files are in kb format and take a whooping 8 years to be received by Earth. An Iphone is 20 times better technolised than the voyager's. 2. Voyager's are out of range , a command to a voyager takes around 5-6 years to reach , in respect to its distance from Earth. 3. ...

Jupiter the largest planet in our solar system, is nothing short of marvelous in every term. Yet it's discovery in the early times by Greek geniuses , it has always been one of the mysterious planets of the solar system. Thanks to voyager probes that we could break certain misconceptions about the giant gas planet. 1 .  Io is a small world that was once expected to be geologically dead like our own moon. A celestial object so small is expected to lose heat easily and be unable to develop plate tectonics. However, Io proved to be the contrary as it abounds with active volcanoes emitting sulfur compounds. Due to tidal heating from Jupiter, it is the most volcanically active place in the solar system.   2. Europa the satellite of jupiter could harbour life.  Europa is a candidate for habitability in the solar system, as it comprises a smooth icy crust, with an ocean of water underneath. 3. Jupiter is big , we know this but the actual part is that...

Dark energy the primary constituent of our universe accounting to about 70% of all energy in the universe could be the find of a life span? Yes , unfortunately human's have not had the privilege to know about this form of energy, to be precise we know more about what it is not rather than what it actually is. We don't know its properties but we can definitely detect its effects on the visible universe. So here In this post we have 4 facts about dark energy that may impress your friends, may be you as well 1. Its a property of space -  This theory is derived from Einstein’s theory of gravitation, specifically from the fact that “empty space” can have its own energy—dubbed “ the cosmological constant .” Einstein also believed that space could come into existence from nothing, and as more space is created, more energy can consequently be held within it. Your friends gonna love this part to know that the real reason behind the universe expansion is the universe itself. ...