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Planets in Our Solar System
There are more planets than stars in our galaxy. The current count orbiting our star: eight. The inner, rocky planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. The…
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What is a Planet?
This seemingly simple question doesn’t have a simple answer. Everyone knows that Earth, Mars and Jupiter are planets. But both Pluto and Ceres were once considered planets until new…
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Nebular Hypothesis Of Laplace
French Mathematician Laplace propounded his Nebular Hypothesis in the year 1796. Laplace’s hypothesis is just the modified version of Kant’s…
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Solar System Form?
Artist’s conception of Earth’s solar system Approximately 4.5 billion years ago, gravity pulled a cloud of dust and gas together…
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Benefits of Molecular Hydrogen
Molecular hydrogen is a gas with very unique and selective antioxidant effects.1 Tyler W. LeBaron is a world-class expert on molecular…
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MOLECULAR CLOUD
The Eagle Nebula is the most famous example of a molecular cloud Dust and gas primarily in the form of hydrogen molecules are the main constituents…
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Nuclear Fusion
It is a nuclear process, where energy is produced by smashing together light atoms. It is the opposite reaction of…
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Life Cycle of a Star
Stars are formed in clouds of gas and dust, known as nebulae. Nuclear reactions at the centre (or core) of stars provides enough energy…
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STELLAR EVOLUTION
Stellar evolution is a description of the way that stars change with time. On human timescales, most stars do not appear to change…
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What Are Redshift and Blueshift?
The visible light spectrum. Redshift and blueshift describe how light shifts toward shorter or longer wavelengths as objects in space…
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What Is a Volcano?
Lava fountain at Kīlauea Volcano A volcano is an opening on the surface of a planet or moon that allows material warmer…
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Antiaircraft gun
Antiaircraft gun, artillery piece that is fired from the ground or shipboard in defense against aerial attack. Antiaircraft weapons development…
