Cellular nucleus membrane associated with double membrane cells found in eukaryotic cells. The nucleus is the majority of the cell’s genetic material – DNA. The nucleus maintains the integrity of genes that regulate gene expression, in turn regulating nucleus function. Therefore, the nucleus is known as the cell control center. Nucleus Function Controls the inheritance […]
1. This was the first asteroid to discoveries was first noticed on January 1, 1801, by the Sicilian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi. The asteroid was found after Piazzi had carried out a mathematical prophecy (later determined to be false) that there should be a planet between Mars and Jupiter. Initially, Ceres was called the planet, but […]
Uranus, named after the father of the Roman god Saturn, is the seventh planet in the solar system and the third of gas giants. It is the third-largest planet with a diameter and at the same time the fourth most massive planet. URANUS FACTS 1 William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781. The planet […]
Jupiter is a massive planet in the solar system. To look at it in perspective, it would take 11 Earths side by side to extend from one side of Jupiter to the other, and it would take 317 Earths equal to the mass of Jupiter. Read more about Jupiter facts. JUPITER FACTS 1 […]
Mercury is the closest planet in the Sun and is also the smallest of the eight planets in our Solar System. It is gravitationally blocked and this rotation is unique to the solar system. MERCURY FACTS 1 Mercury has been known to humanity since ancient times, and although its date of discovery is […]
Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the third brightest object in the sky of the Earth after the Sun and the Moon. Sometimes it’s called a sister planet on Earth because their size and mass are so similar. Venus is also the closest planet on Earth. The surface of Venus is […]
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest planet in the Solar System in terms of diameter and mass. If you compare, it’s easy to understand why Saturn and Jupiter were designated as relatives. From atmospheric composition to the rotation, these two planets are very similar. The Saturn was named after […]
Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the last known planet. Although it is the third-largest planet in terms of mass, it is only the fourth largest. Due to the blue coloring, Neptun was named in honor of the Roman god of the sea. Read more about Neptune facts. NEPTUNE FACTS […]
The name Pluto comes from the Greek god of the underworld. It is the later name of the more well-known Hades and was proposed by Venetia Burney, an eleven-year-old student from Oxford, England. Read more about Pluto facts. Pluto facts In 2006, Pluto was reclassified from the planet to the dwarf planet. It […]
On August 6, 1945, a 10 feet long (3 meters) bomb fell from the sky on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Less than a minute later everything in the radius of a mile from the explosion of the bomb has been obliterated. A huge firestorm quickly destroyed further miles, killing tens of thousands of […]
The planetary mnemonic refers to the phrase used to remember planets and dwarf planets of the Solar System, with the order of words corresponding to the growing periodic bodies of celestial bodies. One simple visual mnemonic consists of holding both hands next to each other with spread fingers and thumbs in the same direction, […]