That which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy is called as matter. Matter is present in its various forms through which we can see, observe, and study it. We see matter in our everyday lives and also when we look up towards the skies, we see it in form of…
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Future of the Sun
Sun is a star. A spherical ball of plasma which mostly consists of hydrogen, which is being converted into helium within its core. Heavier elements like oxygen, carbon, neon, and iron, are also present but in smaller quantities There are billions of stars in our galaxy and Sun is just one of them. Stars have…
Flying a kite in space – The Solar Sail
“Let us create vessels and sails adjusted to the heavenly ether, and there will be plenty of people unafraid of the empty wastes.” — Johannes Kepler, 17th-century astronomer Sea and sky have something in similar. An urge to explore while sailing across these vast distances is never ending. A ship sailing across the sea…
Yellow Sun,Blue Sky and Dark Space but WHY? – Part – 2
. In part one of this article, I ended it with the Sun and its part related to Earth, sunrise and sunset. Now we will take a flight towards space, starting from our Sun. In order to understand this article properly (wavelength and stuff), you must first read part one. As we transition from Earth’s…
Yellow Sun,Blue Sky and Dark Space but WHY? – Part 1
I will be posting this article in two parts; this one is for our Mother Earth. We sense, then we feel; we feel because we are alive or we are alive because we feel? Our eyes are the most precious gift of this Universe to us. Color pleases our eyes. Without colors, everything would become…
A meeting place – Atmosphere and Space
The atmosphere is just the gases surrounding Earth or any other planet in the form of layers. What keeps these layers intact is the gravity of a planet. When the planets were forming, the gases being released from volcanic activity and interior of planets led to the formation of the atmosphere of the planets which…
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