Uranus is about to make its closest approach to earth on 31st October, making it appear at its brightest and largest. This happens when Uranus is almost directly opposite the Sun in the sky. It will be visible between 19:16 and 04:36 when it rises to an altitude of 20° above the eastern horizon. It …
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The Red Planet or Mars as referred to by many is about to make not just the closest, but the brightest approach to Earth after 2003. It is expected to be at 62.07 million kilometers away from Earth and will not be this close until the year 2035. How does this happen? Well, once in …
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The Orionids meteor shower, which began on 2nd October reaches its peak on the 21st of October just after midnight. This happens when the Earth passes through the debris from Halley’s Comet. Meteors of Orionids shower are visible in both Northern and Southern hemispheres, at a Zenithal Hourly Rate(ZHR) of 15. They travel at a …
2019 දෙසැම්බර් 26 වන දින විරල වළයාකාර සූර්යග්‍රහණයක් දිස්වේ. සුර්යග්‍රහණය නිසි අයුරින් නරබන අන්දම A rare annular solar eclipse will appear on December 26, 2019. How to watch the eclipse of December 26 safely . On December 26, 2019 at 26 morning from about 8:10 a.m. to 11.25 a.m. Sri Lankan have the rare opportunity …
There is a reason life that Earth is the only place in the Solar System where life is known to be able to live and thrive. Granted, scientists believe that there may be microbial or even aquatic life forms living beneath the icy surfaces of Europa and Enceladus, or in the methane lakes on Titan. …
පෙර ලිපි වලදී පිටස්තර ග්‍රහලෝක හා ග්‍රහලෝක පද්ධති සොයා ගන්නා ආකාරය පැහැදිලි කල ද, එසේ සොයා ගන්නා ග්‍රහලෝක වර්ගීකරණය කරනා ආකාරය පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් සිදු නොවුනි. මන්දයත් සෑම අවස්ථාවකදීම කිසියම් හෝ ක්‍රමවේදයකින් සොයා ගන්නා පිටස්තර ග්‍රහලෝක එකම වර්ගයේ ඒවා නොවීමත් එලෙස වීමට කිසිදු සම්භාවිතාවක් නොමැති වීමත්ය. ඒ අනුව එක් එක් ක්‍රමවේදය මගින් අනාවරණය කර ගන්නා පිටස්තර …
Spreading everywhere as a dark dry dye. Hiding still hiding, you might be 犀利士 so shy. Are you the reason why the heavens don’t die? I know what you aren’t, than what you really are. Hiding your face, do you have a scar? Being so old, older than a star. Please visit me, why just …
