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Perseid meteor shower 2024: when, where and how to see it
WEBAug 12, 2024 · Perseid meteor shower: Quick facts. — When: July 14 to August 24. — Peak: Aug. 11-12. — Comet of origin: 109P/Swift-Tuttle. — Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR): 100. (The number of meteors a ...
Heliocentrism: Definition, origin and model | Space
WEBApr 8, 2022 · Following the theory of heliocentrism, today we know that Earth, and the other planets of the solar system, are all in orbit around the sun. However, it was once believed that Earth was at the ...
Milky Way galaxy: Facts about our cosmic neighborhood | Space
WEBApr 18, 2023 · The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy around 13.6 billion years old with large pivoting arms stretching out across the cosmos. Milky Way quick facts: – Galaxy type: Barred spiral – Age: 13.6 ...
Higgs boson: The 'God Particle' explained - Space.com
WEBApr 10, 2024 · The Higgs boson is a fundamental particle discovered on July 4, 2012, by researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) located at CERN, Switzerland.
Why is the sky blue? - Space.com
WEBAug 25, 2022 · The answer lies in the physics of when sunlight passes through the atmosphere. The light rays are scattered in all directions as they hit the air molecules, and light at the blue end of the ...
How far is the moon from Earth? | Space
WEBNov 18, 2022 · When the moon reaches its shortest distance to Earth — known as perigee — it is about 226,000 miles (363,300 km) away. If perigee coincides with a full moon phase, this is generally called a ...
How galaxies form: Theories, variants and growth | Space
WEBJul 13, 2022 · Theories of how galaxies form. As the universe expanded in size following the Big Bang, all the matter in it was spread out more and more thinly. At the same time there was a competing effect ...
The four fundamental forces of nature - Space.com
WEBDec 23, 2021 · From playing basketball, to launching a rocket into space, to sticking a magnet on your refrigerator - all the forces that all of us experience every day can be whittled down to a critical quartet ...