Planet Tajikistan

✨There is a dwarf planet in the solar system, which is located in the region between Mars and Jupiter, was named "Tajikistan”.

It was named after the Tajik scientists who contributed to the development of astronomy✨

#Tajikistan
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Roughly 5-6 tons of meteoritic material falls to Earth per day☄

✨It would seem to be a huge figure. But most meteorites burn up before they reach earth: When a meteorite enters the atmosphere, its speed can reach 11 to 72 km/sec. Due to the friction of the air, it ignites and resembles a bright fireball.

Sometimes, the internal structure of the meteorite is heterogeneous and unstable: then it explodes in the air, and its debris falls to the ground. This phenomenon is called a meteor shower✨.

#Meteorite
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Firstpost: How NASA plans to destroy International Space Station in 2031.
https://www.firstpost.com/world/how-nasa-plans-to-destroy-international-space-station-in-2031-10390891.html

The Tribune: James Webb Telescope images star twinkling 18 times.
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/schools/james-webb-telescope-images-star-twinkling-18-times-371541

Interesting Engineering: NASA's Mars rover captures clouds drifting across the Martian sky.
https://interestingengineering.com/mars-rover-martian-clouds

CNBC: Scientists discover third rock around alien sun.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/20/scientists-discover-third-rock-around-alien-sun.html

Space.com: Making spaceflight history: John Glenn orbited Earth 60 years ago today.
https://www.space.com/john-glenn-first-american-orbital-flight-60-year-anniversary

Digital Trends: Hubble captures epic view of three galaxies merging into one.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/hubble-triple-galaxy-merger/

A hidden supermassive black hole in a dwarf galaxy

✨It was discovered in the Constellation Hound Dogs - in the dwarf galaxy Mrk 462, about 110 million light years away.

Discovered black hole has a mass of about 200 thousand solar masses. It is one of the smallest supermassive black holes. The hole was found by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Space Observatory, launched in 1999.

The agency called the discovery one of the first cases where a heavily hidden supermassive black hole was found in a dwarf galaxy✨

#Mrk462info
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Earth Rotates Faster and Faster Every Year🌍

✨Scholars have analyzed that the current speed of the Earth's rotation has hit its maximum for the past 60 years. If it keeps going this way, estimated and actual time may differ by 0.9 seconds by 2026.

And then, we would have to turn down Earth time for the first time

#Earth
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Why are this galaxies so thin?

✨Many disk galaxies are actually just as thin as NGC 5866, pictured above, but are not seen edge-on from our vantage point. One galaxy that is situated edge-on is our own Milky Way Galaxy. Classified as a lenticular galaxy, NGC 5866 has numerous and complex dust lanes appearing dark and red, while many of the bright stars in the disk give it a more blue underlying hue. The blue disk of young stars can be seen extending past the dust in the extremely thin galactic plane, while the bulge in the disk center appears tinged more orange from the older and redder stars that likely exist there✨

#Galaxy
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What is the colour of Universe?

✨This question came up when trying to determine what stars are commonplace in nearby galaxies. The answer, depicted above, is a conditionally perceived shade of beige. To determine this, astronomers computationally averaged the light emitted by one of the larger samples of galaxies analyzed: the 2,00,000 galaxies of the 2dF survey. The resulting cosmic spectrum has some emission in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, but a single perceived composite color. This color has become much less blue over the past 10 billion years, indicating that redder stars are becoming more prevalent. And it was finally named as cosmic latte✨

#UniverseColor
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Europa is the celestial body with the smoothest surface in the solar system🌑

✨Jupiter's satellite is entirely covered by an ocean with a thick crust of ice on its surface. Underneath that ice lies roughly 2-3 times as much water as on our planet.

Some scientists believe the ocean waters of Europa may be hot enough for complex life to develop on the satellite✨
#Europa
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Prague Astronomical Clock Chimes

✨The astronomical clock face was created in Prague back in 1410. What is surprising, the clock is the third oldest astronomical clock in the world. And it still works today.

⏱The dial shows Babylonian, Central European, Old Bohemian and sidereal time. Other indications show the position of the Sun among the zodiac signs and the current lunar phase✨
#PragueChimes
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What would happen if a black hole with the size of a coin appeared on Earth?

✨It would take at least 5 billion years for such a black hole to completely swallow the Earth.

Surely, the Earth would fall in complete chaos and the black hole would turn into a wisp of lava, a mixture of gases, a collapsing crust, and everything else in just a few days
#Blackhole
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