10 Amazing Scientific “Facts of Nature and Space Science” interesting facts for Class 10 and 12 Part 10
Facts of Nature & Space – 10
181. In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
182. In the forests of northern Japan, volcanic springs from pools of hot water. The Macaque is a monkey that can keep itself warm in the cold of winter by soaking in these pools.
183. The Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system.
184. The great red spot on planet Jupiter, is a giant storm three times bigger than the earth.
185. Titan is Saturn’s biggest moon. It is surrounded by gas.
186. Miranda and Ariel are the names of two of the moons that orbit planet, Uranus. They are also the names of the two characters in William Shakespeare’s play, ‘The Tempest’.
187. There are no sounds in space. This is because there is no air for the sound waves to travel through.
188. The sun evaporates 1,000,000,000,000 (a trillion) tons of water each day.
189. Mars is the only planet in the solar system whose surface can be seen in detail form the earth through a telescope.
190. If all the stars in the Milky Way had names, anyone trying to repeat their names one after the other, would take 4,000 years –even if they could say one name every second without every stopping.