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Cassini's latest discovery about Titan's lakes

Titan , the largest satellite of Saturn and second largest known satellite in our solar system, is much weirder than we might think. It is the only heavenly body, after earth, that contains surface liquids in stable forms and only moon with dense atmosphere. Cassini , a collaborative mission between NASA, ESA and ASI, has unveiled many secrets about Titan so far. The latest imagery from the Cassini probe claims that Titan's lakes may have been formed by exploding nitrogen bombs. Yes. their exist Nitrogen, an essential component for all life forms. Titan is mostly composed of icy and rocky materials. Scientists had long believed that these infamous lakes are a result of melting bedrock of ice by Methane. But a new data gathered by Cassini speaks otherwise. The nitrogen exploded below the surface due to increasing temperature resulting in craters, which were filled with liquids later.  No wonder, why NASA is planning a mission to explore this mysterious world by 2026. Many
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What if you fall into a black hole?

After getting bored from you lectures, assignments and exams, it's a good idea to go out for a spacewalk. Isn't it?😄 Oh wait! Jumping into a black hole seems to be a better one. Have you ever imagined the situation into a black hole ? What would happen if you enter into it? The reality might be weirder than your expectations. Well, a black hole is that cosmic mystery which may tear apart all the physical laws into pieces. So, you might have to think out of the box. Before entering into the black hole you have to pass the accretion disk which is too hot to be imagined, spitting out Hawking Radiation,  and finally the event horizon. Suppose, anyhow, you have succeeded in overcoming these nightmares, what's next?  There are the opinions of a few intellectuals about the further possibilities: 1. If you were to take a jump into a black hole, your body would most closely resemble "the toothpaste being pushed out of a tube," said Charles Liu, an astrophysi

3 astonishing theories about the universe

There are a number of cosmological models and theories you might have heard about. Many of them answer most of the questions but not all. The curiosity and the quest to find the answers often result in more theories. Here we present 3 astonishing cosmological models about the universe. After all these are still theories as none has been proved yet. 1.White Holes You must have heard about the Black Hole ( click here ). A black hole is the result of a star which has died, creating a highly dense and massive body which sucks in light and all other matter surrounding it. But where do all these matter and energy go? White holes are just opposite to black holes. Instead of sucking in, they spit out everything what the blackhole absorbs. It is an area in spacetime which couldn't take anything in but throw it out into its surrounding. This was an hypothetical model created using the concept of relativity. If one will be ever found in future, it might disprove many laws of

How do you remember stuffs?

Memory is so fundamental to human behavior that any impairment to it can severely impact our daily life. Did it ever happen that you forgot the name of the person you just met? How do we remember some stuffs for decades and some fade after a few moments? What actually is that makes the difference between long-lasting memories and volatile ones? After several tests on mouse, Caltech researchers have finally discovered that the strong memories are results of the synchronized "teams of neurons" that provide redundancy to retain memories over long time. The team of researchers developed a test to study mice's neural activity as their brain resembles that of human in many ways. The result showed that more the quantity of neurons, longer will the memory last. For years, people believe that practicing an action more, brings better chance to remember it later as the conventional theories about  human memory storage say that making a memory more stable requires the s

Birth of the Universe

We all are living in a world full of interesting facts and mind blowing stories, and for many of us, one of the most questionable statement is the -"CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE". We live in a beautiful blue planet, earth but why are we here? Why is this so? Why the universe is in the way that it is?? Almost every religions believe that the god, a super power led to creation of us. Lord Krishna has the whole universe in his mouth, African god 'Mbombo' vomited the universe and there are infinitely many never-ending stories about God all over the planet but all are not acceptable. Different stories across the world lead to the two theories explaining the creation of the Universe: 1) Steady State Theory 2) Big Bang Theory Steady-state Theory Some scholars believe in the Steady State Theory. According to this theory, Universe was always the same. It has neither the beginning nor the end. This theory insists on the constant density of the universe. As we kno

The concept of Black Hole

Don't be fooled by its name. A black hole is not really a hole as its name suggests. Before diving into the topic let's first be familiar with a few terms. Image of a Black Hole Escape velocity - The lowest velocity with which when an object is thrown from any cosmic body [planets, stars etc] escapes or moves out of its gravitational pull. The escape velocity of the Earth is 11.2 Km/s. Event Horizon - The boundary after which no light or other radiation can move out after striking a black hole. Light cant escape out completely from the pull of a black hole but it does come to a certain limit, that's event horizon of a black hole. A Black Hole is a super dense, massive object with an infinitesimally small volume having escape velocity higher than the velocity of light. And nothing can move faster than light so, nothing can escape out of a black hole. This is the reason it appears completely dark because even light can't reflect back from it. Think of a star

GOD! or SCIENCE?

One can question the existence of the God, the almighty, but can't question the belief of the people. The most controversial topic of current time and the never ending debate between religion and science- THE EXISTENCE OF THE GOD. We all must have heard one or more of the words: God, Allah, Bhagwan, the Almighty, Ishwar etc since the day we stepped into this massive universe. These all point to the same power, the supreme one. The power that drives the universe, that drives you and me and every other creature. The force that exists within each and every elementary particle. Some people having keen interest to question all the things around them, known as Scientist, believe what they see and what get through various complex equations. And 'the existence of the God' too didn't remain untouched. Perhaps, there is nothing wrong in finding what's hidden inside the nature's womb. It just get us closer to the mighty universe. That's what a scientist alw