For decades the mysterious UFO sightings have grabbed the attention of many people. But do aliens really exist? The nuclear age began on 16 July 1945, with the explosion of the world’s first plutonium bomb in New Mexico, on the barren plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range. And 2 years…

That shiny blue marble fascinated humanity since they first began to walk across its surface. Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun in our solar system. And it is the only planet to support life. Earth makes one rotation on its axis in 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09053…

Venus “The brightest object in the night sky” Venus is the second planet from the sun and it is very similar to earth in size and density. Just like Earth, Venus also has an iron core, hot mantle, and rocky crust. Some scientists speculated that 2.9 billion years ago, the…

We think of Mercury as a non-habitable planet. But was it always like that? Mercury is the first & nearest planet to the sun, in the solar system. It is slightly bigger than Earth. We know that currently there’s no sign of life on mercury, it’s extremely hot. …

It all begins from a tremendous amount of thrust. But the glorified space era is yet to begin! As we all know that space rockets are the game-changers. Where space rockets had to go through a series of setbacks, they had amazing breakthroughs as well. Falcon 9 which was basically…

Is the dark matter gravity from ordinary matter from a nearby other Universe in the multiverse? Dark Matter: Dark matter is a matter that cannot be seen but can be detected by its gravitational effects on other celestial bodies. Dark matter is composed of particles that do not absorb, emit and reflect…

Innovations in rocketry are opening up new possibilities to explore the wonders of our Universe. But how does a rocket works? Rocket is a spacecraft that is made up of strong materials like aluminum and titanium. The rocket is covered with a thermal protection system that protects the rocket from…

Comets provide an amazing night sky view to stargazers but where do they come from? Comets are the most stunning objects decorating the night sky with glowing tails. Comets were thought to be ‘fire balls’ or ‘harry stars’ traveling through the atmosphere. Comets are irregularly shaped bodies. Comet or Dirty Snowball? Comet is a…

Can a collapsing neutron star form a black hole? Scientists discovered something remarkable about the black hole. Black hole: A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that even the fastest thing (light) cannot escape its pull. …