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The Eternal journey of Voyagers into the Space

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If you have seen Interstellar, chances are really high that you must have liked it. But have you ever paused and focused on the word Interstellar itself? It means travelling between two or more different star systems. Our solar system is also a star system. In Interstellar, Cooper travels through a wormhole and reaches another star system. In other words, he travelled interstellar. Yes, it was just a movie. Umm not just a movie for me personally but nvm. But here is the part that still blows my mind. Humans have actually made two real spacecraft that travelled interstellar for real. Not CGI, not fiction, not theory. Two tiny machines built by human hands have left the Sun behind and are now drifting in the emptiness between the stars. I genuinely envy them. Meet Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 The two silent explorers who left home in 1977 and never returned. NASA launched Voyager 2 first on August 20, 1977 Then launched Voyager 1 on September 5, 1977 Yes, Voyager 2 was launched e...
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Our Companion- The Moon

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Our Major Partner - Moon Introduction - Our moon is the brightest object in the night sky. It is a natural satellite of earth revolving around it since the time it was formed. It has a very big contribution to make life possible and comfortable on earth. It is a dependent body on which earth depends but it is not a part of star constellations. Formation Many theories are stating how the moon became the natural satellite of the earth. We will discuss them one by one. 1. Capture Theory - This theory states that the Moon was a celestial body which by chance entered the solar system from outside. While crossing the Earth's orbit the gravity of earth influenced the moon and got tidally locked with the moon. But the fact which goes against this theory was that Moon was not so small than the Earth and thus the earth couldn't capture the moon as its gravity is n't strong enough to capture the moon. As a result, this theory was rejected. 2. Fission Theory ...
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Solar System- Our Family

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Our Sun Family And we are back with a new topic which is our own solar system. In this blog we will talk about the facts and planets of the solar system. Following are the type of Bodies existing in the solar system Planets Dwarf Planets Asteroid Belts Moons of Different Planets Sun Total no of official planets-8 Names are given below Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Total no of Dwarf Planets - 5 Pluto Eris Ceres Haumea Make make Some Important Facts About the Solar System Largest Mountain- Olympus Mons (Mars) Largest Crater- Hellas Planitia (Mars) Largest Moon- Ganymede of Jupiter The planet with Largest no of moons- Saturn has  82  moons . (Though   Saturn   has  53  moons  that  have  been named.  Saturn  also  has  29  moons  awaiting confirmation. The planet with the slowest rotation- Venus (243 Earth Days) A planet ...
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