Why does the Moon “follow” us when we drive?

As we rush down the road, we notice how everything flies past us in the opposite direction: trees, houses, fences, the road. And from the Moon, too, we expect it to fly past us, or at least go backwards the farther forward we go. When it doesn’t, we feel as if it is “following” us.

The Moon may…Read More

Sister of Earth: planet Kepler-186 f

Kepler-186 f is the first exoplanet with a radius close to Earth’s (about 7200 km) discovered in the habitable zone of its parent star.

So far no one knows if Kepler-186 f is inhabited.
Yeah, Venus and Mars are also in the habitable zone of the solar system, but no one has found any traces of life…Read More

The windiest planet in the solar system is Neptune.

Its wind gusts can reach 2,000 or more kilometers per hour.
#planets

Absolute zero is the lowest temperature in space 🥶

The lowest temperature in space is -273.15°C or simply 0 on the Kelvin scale.

But the maximum possible temperature is limited by the total mass-energy of the universe.

At the center of the Sun, the temperature is about 15 million degrees. At the center of newly born neutron stars, it is…Read More