Perhaps the biggest extraterrestrial lake: Planet Mars
Utopia Planitia is the largest recognized impact basin on planet Mars. Recent researches conducted by the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instrument have discovered aqueous...
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Total solar eclipse – a total cosmic spectacle
A solar eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when the moon obscures the sun for some time. There are different...
Sunlight: World’s most ancient traveller
Sun, the pivotal element of the solar system, is a middle-aged star that is around 4.6 billion years old. This...
Our planet: The Blue Marble
On 7th December, 1972, the crew members of Apollo 17 spacecraft took a photograph of the Earth. This photograph, known...
World’s first liquid-fuelled rocket and the man behind it
16 March 1926. The world's first liquid-fuelled rocket lifts off at Auburn, Massachusetts, paving the way for an era of space flight...
The word ‘modem’ is a contraction
A modem is a device that enables a computer to transmit data over telephone or cable lines. The word modem...
