Pluto is the second smallest dwarf planet in the Solar System. Pluto was originally classified as a major planet but as the years passed, Pluto was then considered as one of the largest members of the distinct dwarf planets called the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Belt is the home of the distinct and small planets. […]
Each day in earth begins at midnight. Different countries have their midnight starting at different intervals depending on their location on the Earth’s globe. The day occurs when the sun lights up the sky. This usually starts at around 6:00 in the morning. The night takes place when the sky is dark and only bright […]
There are 8 major planets in the solar system and they have a few things in common. In the order of increasing distance from the sun, these planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune. They all directly orbit the Sun and they have mass that don’t go below 38% of Earth’s mass. […]
Plutarch, a Greek philosopher who lived around A.D. 100, believed that there are people on the moon. It was also thought that it is Earth’s nearest neighbor in space and that it also has seas and lands. These are assumptions that were made before humans were able to scientifically study the moon. There is no […]
On earth, during a cloudless night, while sunlight does not outshine the stars, 2,000 to 3,000 stars can be seen by the naked eye. They crowd the night sky and it is impossible to count them without using any tool. The number of stars that people see every night change as the Earth revolves around […]
Mars has no rings. Using comparative analysis, it should not have one since it has a solid structure just like the Earth. The only planets in the solar system known to possess rings are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. All are considered the outer and giant planets. Unlike Mars, their main compositions include ice and […]
Jupiter has a system of rings, which consists of 3 major components. Also called the Jovian ring system, the rings of Jupiter are not as visible from the Earth as those of Saturn. The rings are extremely faint and are made mostly of dust. Having low albedo, the rings don’t reflect enough sunlight so it […]
The moon is the brightest object in the Earth’s night sky. It is what gives off light on the other side of the Earth that doesn’t face the Sun. It doesn’t have internal heat and just radiates the light that comes from the Sun. It is also the only celestial object, aside from the Earth, […]
Stars, the bright, twinkling tiny spots of light that can be seen in the sky during the night, in fact have sizes that a human brain would not be able to exactly picture. These balls of light are so far from the earth that their distance is also unbelievable. The nearest star from the earth […]
Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system. It was named after the highest mythical Roman god who ruled over all the deities who live in Mt. Olympian. The name was given to the planet even before its exact mass was learned. But it was branded just right. When it comes to size, dimension […]