Category: Earth
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Mystery of the Disappearing Stars
You must have often wondered -where do stars disappear as the day breaks. What’s the mystery? After all, where do they go? Here’s the answer. Stars don’t go anywhere! They just stay where they are! But as the Sun appears in the sky, the sunlight falls on Earth – the sunlight is so flashy and…
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Always Together, Best Buddies Forever!!
Hey there, Look at the gorgeous Earth and the glorious moon !! They are always together and look so good with each other. Lets explore some amazing facts about Earth and Moon.. Moon is the Earth’s only natural satellite. A satellite is an object that orbits another object in space. A natural satellite is one…
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What is a Comet?
A lot of us incorrectly think that a Comet is the same as a Shooting Star. Well they are very different. A shooting star or a meteor is a large piece of rock entering the earth’s atmosphere from outer space leaving a bright track for a few seconds in the sky, where as a comet…
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Hemispheres
There was a boy named Billy. His birthday fell in nice and warm summers. Every year he celebrated his birthday on 22nd December. Are you surprised? I sure was.. You see the Earth is a sphere and can be divided into two hemispheres. The line that divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the…
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Super Earth Found
“NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light coming out from a ‘Super-Earth’ planet beyond our solar system for the first time.” NASA reported. Do you know what a Solar System is ? Let us refresh, Solar System consists of a star and all the objects going around it. Something like this in the picture. Sun is…
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Do Aliens Exist?
First of all, who are aliens? Do you know? Well, people who live on Earth are called humans. Scientists say that there might be many more planets out there in the Universe. Aliens are believed to be those people who live on one of these planets, other than earth. Aliens are also sometimes called ET…
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Why do Astronauts wear Space Suits?
Why can’t astronauts go to space wearing normal clothes? Why do they wear such a bulky looking outfit? It doesn’t look very comfortable after all. Space suit acts like armour (a protective covering that protects from injury). They stop astronaut’s blood from boiling in space. They also reflect sun’s dangerous rays. Inside the space suit…
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Let us Draw on The Globe
Have you ever checked out a globe? What are the lines on it? Are those lines real or imaginary? Well, the lines are imaginary that divide our globe into extremely small sections. Hmm! But why do we even need them? Long time ago, sailors while sailing on the ocean had no idea where they were going.…
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Starry Drawings in the Night Sky
If you look at the star filled night sky, it will seem to you like God’s drawing book.There are many group of stars here and there, that form interesting pictures in the sky. Some look like animals and some look like people or even things. A group of stars that forms some pattern is called…
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Is The Globe Getting Warmer?
Imagine Earth is you and you are wearing a blanket around yourself. You are very comfortable. What if the blanket keeps getting thicker and thicker? Would you still be comfortable? No, you will feel warmer first and pretty soon very uncomfortable. The same thing is happening with our Earth. People are putting more carbon dioxide gas…
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Water Water All Around Me!
Our Earth is made up of land and water. Some very large parts of land are called continents. Some very large parts of water are called ocean and seas. In the oceans and seas are some smaller land parts that are completely surrounded by water. There are what we call islands. Islands come in different…
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Dirty Air !
You cannot see it or Hold it or Eat it But you have to have it. You guessed it right!! It is the air that we breathe and it’s everywhere. So it is really sad that something that is so important for us is getting dirty. All the smoke from the chimneys, airplanes and automobiles…