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Titan is the largest moon of Saturn out of 274 known moons and only moon to have a dense atmosphere of the entire solar system known so far.    This moon is so much big that it is larger than the Mercury planet. It was discovered in 1655 by Christiaan Huygens, A Dutch Astronomer, and it was the first moon of Saturn to be discovered. Saturni Luna was the name given by him. Also, it is the second largest moon in the Solar System after Ganymede, Largest Moon of Jupiter. It is also the tenth largest body in the entire solar system so far. Titan is composed of ice and rocky materials. It has liquid water rich in ammonia which has potential of life forms. The atmosphere of Titan comprises mainly of nitrogen and methane. Its climate is capable of rain and wind which further leads to the creation of rivers, lakes, ponds, seas, deltas, dunes etc. It has methane rain cycle somewhat similar to Earth's water rain cycle. Titan is basically the most similar celestial body in the Solar Syste...

Have you ever imagined what is the sheer scale of our universe and how the future of human civilization is. There is scale of things that can be framed in and outside of our Universe. In this article, we have discussed the same curious question. Kardashev Scale is the method by which we measure scale of a civilization about their technological advancements, developments, scale etc. is based on the amount of the energy being used.  This was proposed by a Soviet era astronomer Nikolai Kardashev in Byurakan Conference 1964 inside the article of Transmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations.  Type I, II and III are the original types by Nikolai Kardashev. There are others types too since these three are not enough for complete explanation of civilization's scale. Type 0 Civilization This type of civilization is not able to harness and use energy levels of 4 × 10 12  watts/sec, basically less than that. In other words, the civilization must be able to use all...

Hey, this is Science Feed, and this post is about Falcon 9, one of the most advanced rockets in the world. Before we get started, we request you subscribe to our blog so that you never miss our informative posts. We also recommend you follow us on these social media platforms. Facebook         Twitter          Reddit          Pinterest         Instagram Falcon 9 is the first reusable orbital-class rocket that can be used more than once. SpaceX has designed and developed it for payload transfer to Earth orbit and space. Over the time period of 10 years, Falcon 9 has been launched 85 times, in which 46 launches were able to land. Due to its capability of landing, SpaceX has saved costly parts of the rocket. This rocket uses rocket grade kerosene (RP-1, it is cheaper but less explosion hazardous fuel, which is a highly pure form of kerosene) as its fuel and liquid oxygen as an oxidizer.  In 2007,...

Have you ever thought why we have not found any advanced intelligent organism yet? Or is there any other type of life form outside our planet Earth? These are the basic questions that come into mind when we talk about Fermi Paradox. Fermi Paradox Fermi paradox is the lack of compatibility or contradiction between the high chances of existence of extraterrestrial civilization in the universe and lack of evidence to find them or communicate with them. This was termed after the name of physicist Enrico Fermi. It casually came in head of Fermi during talk with his colleagues and he asked, "Where is everybody?". Early and Related Theories Before Fermi Enrico, the founding father of modern rocket science  Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, a  Russian scientist, proposed Zoo hypothesis. In Zoo hypothesis, it is speculated that the extraterrestrial civilization knows about our existence but instead of contacting us, they opt to do observation on us similar to animals in zoo.  Th...

By the basic definition evolution is "the process by which new species or populations of living things develop from preexisting forms through successive generations."  And by scientific terms it goes, "species can change over time, that new species come from pre-existing species, and that all species share a common ancestor." Now we read above lines again and find that both of them are basically the same thing while proving to be wrong at the same time. While many naturalists / geologists proposed their theory on the evolution of life only two of them gained massive attention, that is one being Jean Baptiste Lamarck, one of the best-known early evolutionists, and the other being infamous English naturalist that the world known as ‘Darwin”. Lamark first ever published his views in the year1801, later in “Philosophic Zoologique" in the year 1805 and subsequently in year 1809 in his book 'Histoire Naturelle Des Animaux Sans Vertèbres’. His works entails th...

Presenting One of the Most Amazing Organisms On Earth. . . . . . So, Let's Get Started. Armillaria ostoyae (Largest Living Organism by Area) Image Credit: Wikipedia Armillaria ostoyae, also known as the "Humongous fungus", is the record holder of being the largest organism in the world by area. The areal size of Humongous fungus is about 2,400 acres i.e. 9.6 square km. It is very common in the western region of the U.S. These are the type of parasitic fungi which depend on other plants of survival. Due to the easy availability of land and nutrients, Humongous fungus has grown to this extent. Pando (Largest Living Organism by Mass) Image Credit: Wikipedia Pando is the world's largest organism in the world by mass of all time. It is so big that it covers about 106 acres of land and weighs about 60,00,000 kg. It's estimated age is about 80,000 years. Populus Tremuloides is a scientific name given to this giant. Pando also has a record o...