Tag : Earth

On any given day, as many as 10 volcanoes may be spewing ash or lava somewhere on Earth.

Sep 24, 2019 226

1.3 million Earths could fit inside the sun, an average sized star.

Sep 27, 2018 720

Eugene Shoemaker is the only person whose ashes have been buried on any celestial body outside Earth.

Jun 20, 2018 870

That Earth has had 5 mass extinctions, and we are currently in the 6th.

Jun 20, 2018 1225

A day on Venus lasts longer than a year. It takes 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis (sidereal day). The planet's orbit around the Sun takes 225 Earth days.

Jun 8, 2018 390

Water is the only substance that is found naturally on Earth in three forms - liquid, gas and solid.

Jan 23, 2018 59