On July 22, 2019, a suspected meteorite nearly the size of a football landed on a rice field in Mahadeva Village in northern Bihar, India. The light-brown colored rock, which weighed about 13 kilograms, startled the Indian farmers and sent them fleeing from the field. The rock created a hole around five-foot … Read more
The Himalayas stretching across the northeastern part of India covers approximately 1,500 mi (2,400 km) and passes through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Bhutan, and Nepal. Three parallel ranges comprise the Himalayan Range, often referred to as the Greater Himalayas, the Lesser Himalayas, and the Outer Himalayas. It has over fifty mountains exceeding … Read more
Every normal person can wonder how the water travels from the roots towards the top of tall plants. Well, it is just science. Water travels through some long, thin tubes that run up from the roots to the stems and leaves; these tubes are called xylem. It runs in these vessels through a process … Read more
First of all, it has to be known where the compass will be placed. Truth to be told, planet Earth actually has two North Poles – the one that at the top of the Earth called the Geographic North Pole and one that is known as the Magnetic North. Both poles are … Read more
It brings happiness, especially to kids at night, when the darkness fills the sky, its light shines brightly at its fullest. The Moon is indeed one significant body to the Earth’s existence and all its living. Thanks that we have one! There are many reasons as to the Moon’s significance. In India, … Read more
Instead of binging on your outdoor bucket list – heading to the beach, snorkeling, diving, rock climbing, ziplining adventure, hiking, and an awesome road tripping, you chose to stay home. You are pretty sure that these outdoor activities will stay for a while in the bucket so you freshen yourself up and … Read more
The planet earth where we live and breathe is composed of multiple layers. Its inner layer is made up of liquid while the outer layer is solid in nature. The part where we live is called the earth’s crust.But this crust was not like this always. More than four billion years ago, … Read more
The runaway greenhouse effect on Venus can be blamed on carbon dioxide/CO2, which constitutes for about 96% of the planet’s atmosphere. The 250 kilometers thick and gaseous envelope of this peculiar planet has enough carbon dioxide to fill more than 1 billion fire extinguishers. Composed of molecules that have one atom of … Read more