When a meteoroid, a rocky or metallic body from outer space, enters Earth’s atmosphere, it’s called a meteor. If it’s large enough, it can survive the atmospheric entry and reach the Earth’s surface at tremendous speeds, becoming a meteorite. But…
Why do we see only one side of the Moon? You have probably heard references to the “dark side” of the Moon – there’s even a Pink Floyd album with that name. However, there is no “dark side” of the…
Are we alone in the Universe? The American cartoonist Matthew Inman published a brilliant comic titled “The Oracle” on his website “The Oatmeal”. Inman’s comic gives the most probable answer (IMHO) to the Fermi Paradox, which can be summarized in…
In 1964, Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev (April 25, 1932 – August 3, 2019) defined three levels of civilizations, based on the order of magnitude of power available to them (known as the Kardashev scale):
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