The 10 most mysterious things in the Solar System (part 1)

In the journey to conquer the vast universe, people have discovered so many new things, but still, there are countless unknowns to date. Here are the 10 most mysterious things in the solar system.

1. The temperature at the extremes of the Sun is not equal

Why is the South Pole of the Sun cooler than the North Pole?

The space ship Ulysses, the first ship to study the Sun not only from the zodiacal plane (equator), but also from the Sun's poles, was successfully launched into space in 1990. This ship has worked for more than 17 years and has conveyed valuable information about the Sun such as the wind of the Sun and the Pole.

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Data sent from Ulysses ship


Among the research results, an interesting phenomenon was discovered that the Sun's south pole was colder than the North Pole. The temperature at the South Pole of the Sun is about 80,000ºF (44,000ºC equivalent), 8% colder than at the North Pole. With the help of the SWICS spectrophotometer mounted on the ship, scientists analyzed the components that make up the Sun's wind and discovered that it is the concentration of oxygen ion О6 + and О7 + that is similarly for indirectly creating the temperature of the gas, and the position of 300 million km from the Sun is considered a safe distance for Ulysses.

Surprisingly, the difference in temperature at the poles does not depend on the Sun's magnetic field (even, during the 11-year period of the Sun, the difference between its poles remains unchanged). Physicists say the structure of the sun's "atmosphere" is different, but this problem is still being explored.

2. The secret of Mars

Why is the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere so different?

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So far, Mars still exists many mysteries for people


On the southern hemisphere's surface of Mars, craters rise up close, but in the Northern hemisphere, only a few craters are found and mostly volcanic plains.

Many theories have been proposed to explain this bizarre phenomenon, in which there is a hypothesis that such a big difference in the hemispheres on Mars is due to the collision between Mars. with a Pluto sized asteroid. However, another hypothesis explains that, in the initial geologic stage, the lithosphere fragments (the outermost hard shell of the rocky planets) accidentally "met" at a hemisphere and then 'stick together' at the same place. So far, debates to find the most compelling answer among scientists have not yet fallen.

Is there a curse on Mars?

Something unusual happened without any spacecraft approaching Mars. Statistics show that nearly two-thirds of the spacecraft disappear when approaching the planet. Russian missiles that brought spacecraft to Mars also failed. US satellites are broken when they are half way. The British launchers after landing on Mars lost their communication with Earth. A mysterious shadow enveloped the entire humanity's approach to Mars. Many believe that this planet is protected by an authoritarian curse. However, that is probably just the human embroidering, also, luck has not smiled at us in the journey to find new life.

3. Strange phenomena in Tunguska, Sibiri (Russia)

What happened near the Tunguska River?

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The fireball destroyed from the universe in Tunguska, Sibiri (Russia)


At about 7:00 am (local time) on June 30, 1908, a giant fireball rushed in the eastern sky of Sibiri between Lena and Podkamena Tuguska, from the southeast to the northwest.

The fireball was so bright that its bright light could be seen hundreds of miles away. Only a few seconds later, the heat quickly spread within nearly 40 km and burned everything in the area: animals, plants and humans. An area of ​​2150 km2 with 80 million species has been completely destroyed. The mysterious fireball from the universe has turned the area with rich vegetation and the rare animals of Taiga into a deadly graveyard. This fall from the sky, is still the horrors of mankind.

When looking for the answer to this mystery, scientists found that there were no volcanoes formed around the Tunguska area, where disaster occurred. So where does that fireball come from, does it really appear from outer space?

Some scientists believe that the explosion was caused by the detonation of natural gas in a meteorite that is flying in the atmosphere, others suggesting a strange theory about a UFO explosion.

4. The inclination of celestial stars

Why is Heavenly King lying on his side?

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Thien Vuong king has a tilt of 97.86º


If other planets can be likened to rotors, then Uranus is like a rolling sphere. Its tilt axis is up to 97.86º. It is this that makes Uranus completely different from the rest of the solar system's planets. It is interesting that one pole of it will be in the darkness for 42 years and the other pole will be illuminated by the Sun for 42 years.

It is known that almost all planets rotate counterclockwise (if viewed from the north pole of the earth), except for Venus turning clockwise. From this, a hypothesis arises that the reason why Venus turned against other planets is because it collided with another planet in the universe. Most likely, that collision happened with Uranus?

5. Atmosphere on Titan

Why is there an atmosphere on Titan?

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95% of the composition of Titan's atmosphere is Nitrogen


Titan is one of the 34 satellites (moons) of Saturn and the second largest satellite planet in the Solar System (after Ganymede, Jupiter's satellite). In addition, it is the only satellite planet in the solar system that has an atmosphere, and is also the only satellite planet that cannot directly observe the surface because of cloud cover. Titan planet is very similar to the earth, although it is smaller in size.

Titan is rich in nitrogen like the earth's atmosphere. On Titan's face was very cold, the scenery was rough. The surface temperature is - 291ºF (-179ºC) and the lowest recorded temperature is - 333ºF (-202ºC). It is worth mentioning that, the main component in the atmosphere of Titan nitrogen with a content of up to 95%. The question is, where does Titan have such a large amount of nitrogen? This is still a mystery.