Water Might Be the Weirdest Liquid in the Universe, and Now We Know Why. Water might seem ubiquitous and ordinary; it covers 71 percent of the Earth's surface, not to mention being the primary fluid in most living organisms. But when you step back and look at water from the point of view of physics and chemistry, it's truly an oddball molecule. For one, water has a highly unusual density. Most liquids become more dense as they cool down, but after water cools past 39.2…
Researchers say an asteroid impact is what caused dinosaurs to go extinct. There has been a debate amongst scientists on what exactly caused the planet to become uninhabitable for dinosaurs millions of years ago. One team believes that a giant asteroid struck the Earth off the coast of Mexico 66 million years ago and caused the demise of all dinosaur species except birds. However, some researchers believed that large volcanic corruptions might have been the actual cause of…
Why Neptune and Uranus Rain Diamonds. Hello everyone.. This actually is my first article and this is on a mind-blowing topic. Raining diamond on Neptune and Uranus... Here is the interesting reason I found out.. Scientists don't know much about the ice giants on the other end of our solar system. They're a constant source of mystery and intrigue. Take the conundrum, for example, of how the chemical reactions inside of Neptune and Uranus may cause diamonds to rain down on the…