How did the Earth come to possess water? Did some alien ship have too much and dump it or is there some simpler explanation? Through a process that lasted millions of years the Earth was made from a cloud of dust and gas. At the later stages of formation the Earth was an extremely hot [...]
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Kuiper Belt Discovery, Classification, Shape and Size.
The Kuiper belt is a region beyond Neptune that is full of comets, asteroids and other debris. It circles the solar system and has always been a little bit of a mystery as it is so far away and hard to explore. The inkling that the Kuiper belt existed first came from Kuiper and a [...]
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The Ins and Outs of Comets
Throughout history comets have been much more interesting than asteroids. This is mainly because they can be seen with the naked eye because of their immense tail. They have been the stuff of legends the most famous being Halley’s comet as mentioned before. When the planets were formed they didn’t use up all the material [...]
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Is The Earth Safe From Rocky Demons Above?
Have you ever looked up into the sky and wondered what was going to drop onto your head? When you look up what do you see? Well if I was to do it now I would see a load of black clouds as I live in the rainy UK which tends to give me a [...]
