The second planet from the Sun, Venus is often called Earth’s “sister planet” because of their similar size and mass. But the similarities end there, Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, with surface temperatures around 464°C (867°F) – hot enough to melt lead. This extreme heat comes from a runaway greenhouse effect caused by its thick atmosphere, which is about 96% carbon dioxide.
Saturn isn’t just another gas giant — it’s a gravitational stage where some of the most important dramas and actors of our solar system are still unfolding. Every moon, every ring particle, every jet of plasma from its magnetosphere is a piece of the puzzle, and if you watch closely enough, you start to see the evolution of our solar system written into their motions.
Neptune is a fascinating system, continually forging the outer edges of our solar system. The gas giant’s orbit is littered with debris, dust and objects that travel through the Oort Cloud and into the Kuiper Belt and get caught in the gravity of the huge frozen gas giant. With a day lasting about 16 hours, … Read more
Accretion disks are one of the most fascinating and ubiquitous structures in astrophysics – swirling disks of gas, dust, and plasma that form around massive central objects like black holes, neutron stars, white dwarfs, or even baby stars.
A Black Hole is a region of space-time that is so dense that nothing can escape.
“Dive into the fascinating world of black holes, from accretion disk plasma physics to relativistic jets. Learn how these cosmic powerhouses reshape our universe!”
The Properties and Characteristics of the Outer Solar System The Oort Cloud is generally considered to be at the edge of the solar system, where the gravitational influence of the Sun begins to lessen and form a vast, spherical shell of icy bodies. Neptune, the furthest planet, lies around 30 AU from the sun, about … Read more