Author: Sarthak B

  • Why Do Supercars Have Spoilers?

    Why Do Supercars Have Spoilers?

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    A supercar can have hundreds of horsepower, enormous brakes and incredibly sticky tyres. But when it starts moving really fast, there’s another force it has to deal with: air.

  • Why Doesn’t the International Space Station Fall to Earth?

    Why Doesn’t the International Space Station Fall to Earth?

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    The ISS is constantly falling toward Earth—but it never hits the ground. Discover how gravity, incredible orbital speed and Earth’s curved surface work together to keep the space station in orbit.

  • PALE BLUE DOT

    PALE BLUE DOT

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    The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken Feb. 14, 1990, by NASA’s Voyager 1 at a distance of 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) from the Sun. The image inspired the title of scientist Carl Sagan’s book, “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in…