- 22 May 2024
In just a few days, the anniversary of the birth of genius mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, civil engineer, and doctor of technical sciences is approaching. It is, of course, none other than Milutin Milanković. This text is a modest contribution to the intellectual legacy he has left behind to the world.
Read the full article- 17 May 2024
Saturn is certainly an alluring artistic target to look at, photograph or even draw by hand. Theoretically speaking, if you attempted to draw Saturn’s rings from their plane you would certainly need an extra large piece of paper.
Read the full article- 13 May 2024
In huge, swirling clouds of gas and dust a thousand times larger than our entire solar system, stars have been born continuously since the very beginning of the galaxy.
Read the full article- 9 May 2024
We learned about the great age of our planet, certainly during some point of our school education, and then everything seemed logical and clear to us: it is so old that it is difficult for us to say it – about 4.5 billion years.
Read the full article- 5 May 2024
The Sun warms everything around it and the closer you are to it, the warmer you feel. And, of course, vice versa. That’s why Jupiter is twice as cold as Mars. But is this universal or are there variations to this rule?
Read the full article- 3 May 2024
How clean is the Universe for traveling at very high speeds? Can we presume that when moving at very high speeds, say 10% of the speed of light, there must not be any obstacle, not even the size of a marble, on the path of a spacecraft moving through space?
Read the full article- 28 April 2024
Everyone would like to get to Mars as soon as possible. Because the journey to this planet is dangerous and expensive, it’s better to make it as short as possible.
Read the full article- 25 April 2024
Yes, the universe is expanding, and this has not been news for a long time. The idea itself appeared in the late twenties of the last century in the works of Georges Lemaitre, Alexander Friedman, etc. The problem is nobody believed them.
Read the full article- 19 April 2024
Hypatia of Alexandria is considered the first woman scientist for whose work has well-documented historical confirmation. Astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, she was distinguished by unusual intelligence, wisdom, eloquence – and beauty.
Read the full article- 14 April 2024
The Kuiper Belt is a disk-sized area of hundreds, even thousands of small icy objects, and it extends behind Neptune at a distance of up to 55 AU from the Sun. What else do we know about this unusual region in the sky?
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