The Most Expensive Photos in the World Introduction It is practically impossible to observe much detail of other (than Earth and Moon) planets with naked eye and even with a telescope. The bright white star is actually the planet Venus. Picture: Bjorn Jorgensen / National News & Pictures In this article we present examples of images that would be impossible to … [Read more...]
Earth Facts
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the Solar System. It is a barred spiral galaxy 100,000-120,000 light years in diameter containing 200–600 billion stars. The galaxy is estimated to contain 50 billion planets, 500 million of which could be located in the habitable zone of their parent star. The rotational rate: 1 per 15 to 50 million years. The galaxy is also moving at … [Read more...]