First global antineutrino emission map highlights Earth’s energy budget
The first-ever global map of antineutrino flux, which accounts for natural and human-made sources of antineutrinos, with the latter making
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Space
Daylight as a function of the latitude World map
The angle of sun and daylight as the year progresses showing day, night, poles and whole world Hours of sunlight
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6 maps that explain the Moon
The Moon is the only natural satellite of our planet. It is the 5th-largest satellite and the 2nd-densest satellite after Jupiter’s satellite Io in the Solar System. From Earth, we only can see 15% of one side of the Moon’s surface because the Moon rotates around the Earth at the same speed as it rotates around its axis.
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Pluto vs. Earth
Pluto is a dwarf planet beyond the orbit of Neptune. It was discovered in 1930, the first space object in the Kuiper belt. It was instantly called the 9th planet of the Solar system. Later, five moons were discovered orbiting Pluto. Then Pluto’s planetary status was doubted when it was found to be much smaller than expected. As a result, in 2006, the International Astronomical Union formally reconsidered the term planet to exclude dwarf planets such as Pluto.
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