Science

In 2006, International Astronomical Union, a global group of astronomy experts, tightened its definition of planets and changed Pluto’s status to dwarf-planet. The new definition required the planet to have a clear orbit and be the largest gravitational force in its orbit. Since Neptune's gravitational force also influences Pluto, and Pluto shares its orbit with various other objects in the Kuiper belt, Pluto was denied the status of a planet. Many researchers have been fighting over that decision ever since. A new study led by Dr. Philip Metzger, a planetary scientist at the University of Central Florida (UCF), has said that the the new definition which denied planet status to Pluto has no basis or support in the research literature. He studied scientific literature from past 200 years...

There are a lot of mysteries involving the universe that remain unsolved till date. Our sun is one of the points of unsolved mysteries which makes geophysicists work day and night to bring out the truth. Solar physicists are curious for decades about a single question related to the solar atmosphere. The question is that why atmosphere of our Sun is hotter than its surface. Experts from all around the world are still trying to find its answer. This answer is highly sought as it has a deep impact on our lives. The atmosphere of our Sun known as the ‘Corona’ gives out powerful explosions of particles and plasma which create a different atmosphere around the region and when propagates is very much capable of disrupting the communications on the earth. The biggest example is the Hurrica...