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The Blue Jewel of the Solar System

noor-e-aishaJuly 6, 2025

Earth is the only known planet in our solar system that supports life. It is often called the “Blue Planet” because about 71% of its surface is covered with water, mostly in the form of oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers. This abundance of water is one of the main reasons Earth can support life as […]

The Basics of Mercury: Our Solar System’s Speedy Planet

noor-e-aishaJuly 4, 2025

Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. It is the first planet from the sun but still Venus is the hottest planet of our solar system. Mercury is named after the roman god of speed because it revolves to fast that it’s one year lasts 88 Earth days. Mercury’s one day lasts 176 […]

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Asteroid Belt Explained: Location, History, and Largest Asteroids

noor-e-aishaJuly 4, 2025

Asteroid belt is a place in our solar system between mars and Jupiter’s orbit. Most of the asteroids are present in the asteroid belt. Asteroid belt is a place where there are nearly no planets accept Ceres. Asteroid belt was form nearly 4.6 billion years ago due to Jupiter’s gravity. In the early years of […]

June 23, 2015: 60,000 orbits for Mars Odyssey

noor-e-aishaJune 30, 2025

NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft completed its 60,000th orbit of the Red Planet on June 23, 2015. When Odyssey launched in April 2001 with a goal of better understanding Mars’ environment, the Red Planet was generally thought to be dry, barren world; the mission transformed our understanding, discovering widespread subsurface water ice. Its continuous observations have […]

June 28, 2011: Kerberos is discovered

noor-e-aishaJune 30, 2025

On June 28, 2011, Pluto’s moon Kerberos was discovered by a team using the Hubble Space Telescope, led by senior research scientist Mark Showalter. While the primary goal of the observing program was to identify both potential targets and potential hazards for the then-upcoming New Horizons mission, Kerberos and its fellow moon Styx were also […]

How a signal from a 60-year-old satellite baffled astronomers for over a year

noor-e-aishaJune 30, 2025

Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange and exciting new object in space. Using a huge radio telescope, we spotted a blindingly fast flash of radio waves that appeared to be coming from somewhere inside our galaxy. After a […]

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Category: Top Stories

The Blue Jewel of the Solar System

The Basics of Mercury: Our Solar System’s Speedy Planet

Asteroid Belt Explained: Location, History, and Largest Asteroids

June 23, 2015: 60,000 orbits for Mars Odyssey

June 28, 2011: Kerberos is discovered

How a signal from a 60-year-old satellite baffled astronomers for over a year

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How a signal from a 60-year-old satellite baffled astronomers for over a year

June 28, 2011: Kerberos is discovered

June 23, 2015: 60,000 orbits for Mars Odyssey

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