Oceans of water in our solar system – where to find them?
- 4 April 2024
Our planet is bathed in water. Over 70% of its surface is covered by oceans, seas and lakes, and there is water deep below the surface of the planet.
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The 101 facts to know about black holes
- 30 March 2024
It’s hard to come up with something as strange as black holes. Only nature could do something peculiar. Thousands of books and articles have been written about black holes, but again what we really know about them is that they are objects in space with incredibly strong gravity. So strong that it’s hard to explain.
Read the full articleDark matter and dark energy – do you know the difference?
- 24 March 2024
Just when scientists think that they have reached the end, that they have listed all the important facts about the world and the entire universe in general, that they have discovered all the formulas that describe everything about nature that comes to mind – they actually find we don’t know almost anything because there is such a vast expanse of ignorance.
Read the full articleNew satellites have been found in our solar system
- 20 March 2024
The number of known natural satellites has officially increased by three. This was recently announced by the Center for Minor Planets of the International Astronomical Union.
Read the full articleThe American Odysseus lander
- 17 March 2024
One month ago, the new American attempt to place an unmanned spacecraft on the lunar soil ended with a successful landing in the Malapert A crater area, ten degrees (300 km) from the south pole of the Moon.
Read the full articleDid the Mars rover need wipers? NASA finally offers an explanation
- 13 March 2024
When the Opportunity rover landed on Mars in 2004, the team that operated it was relieved because the descent went according to plan and all the obstacles that were otherwise in abundance were overcome.
Read the full articleThe Orion nebula
- 10 March 2024
The Orion Nebula is one of the most interesting objects in the deep sky. It is a regular target of amateur astronomers, an inevitable goal of astrophotographers and the subject of constant observation and study by professional astronomers of various specialties.
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- 5 March 2024
We are in a very turbulent and fast-paced period of atmospheric events. Strong altitudinal currents of warm and cold, moist and dry air are present.
Read the full articleThe appearance of life on our planet
- 2 March 2024
More than four billion years ago, the Earth was formed in a swirl of gas and dust. It was a chaotic age as many newly created bodies raced around the Sun, colliding, breaking apart and merging with each other.
Read the full articleReforms that impacted our present-day calendar
- 26 February 2024
As discussed in previous texts here on OSR, February has always served as a convenient place for calendar reformers to correct their mistakes and make other tweaks throughout human history.
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