Why is Mars Red? A New NASA Study Explains
The research team found that a mineral called ferrihydrite could be responsible for Mars’s red colour.
The research team found that a mineral called ferrihydrite could be responsible for Mars’s red colour.
Solar storms are like big explosions on the sun that send energy and tiny particles zooming through space. When these particles reach Earth, they can create beautiful light shows in the sky called auroras, also known as the Northern Lights
Written by Manya Pandey, a first-year undergraduate student.
Neptune is named after the Roman god of the sea, as it looks like a big blob of aqua blue ocean against a black backdrop of starry cosmos…
By Sthitee Mohanty, senior writer.
Find out who was once hit by a meteorite and survived!
Written by Prarthana Sheopuri. Managing Editor, I Kid You Not.
Auroras happen when electrically charged particles from the Sun meet (collide) with the gases in Earth’s upper atmosphere. These “collisions” cause billions of flashes of light in the night sky, which is what we see.
Written by Aindrila Jana, writer
Why do we call it the Solar System?
Written by Aindrila Jana, writer
There are some two trillion galaxies in the observable universe…
Written by Prarthana Sheopuri. Managing Editor, I Kid You Not.
On 10 October, space-based detectors picked up a powerful gamma-ray burst passing through the Milky Way. Astronomers called this a B.O.A.T – or Brightest Of All Time!
Written by Aindrila Jana, a third-year undergraduate student
Rocky objects orbiting the Sun that are too minute to be considered planets are asteroids. They are mostly made of rocks and metals.
Written by Manya Pandey, a first-year undergraduate student.
Fruit flies went to space before any other humans – they were actually the first living things in space!