About 10 years ago, the Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in September 1977, entered interstellar space, leaving the solar system. Currently, this probe is the farthestRead More
Category: The Earth
As we explained in the previous article, two Chinese geologists have recently come to the conclusion that the inner core of the Earth has slowedRead More
As it has been news during the last few days, a team of Chinese seismologists, formed by Yi Yang and Xiaodong Song, published an articleRead More
Some hundreds of years ago it was thought that the Earth was the centre of the universe, that our planet was stationary, and that allRead More
The Earth, also known as the blue planet, is the third planet that orbits the Sun. The latter is one of the billions of starsRead More
Meteorites are rocky objects from space, that, when crossing with the Earth or any other planet, impact against them, releasing in the process huge amountsRead More
In the solar system there are billions of asteroids of all sizes. Sometimes, these asteroids deviate from their orbits, making it possible for them toRead More
Lightning is a very dangerous phenomenon. They are responsible for many deaths and serious injuries every year. Lightning rods are installed to protect buildings againstRead More
Lightings are a natural phenomenon through which clouds unload an enormous quantity of energy over the Earth. Even if we know from a long timeRead More
The northern lights, also called aurora borealis, are a phenomenon that has fascinated humanity for many years, but, unfortunately, we are not able to knowRead More