What Is Ammonia? | Definition and Uses

Ammonia is a colorless gas that is produced from natural sources as well as industrial synthesis. About 175 million tons of ammonia is produced synthetically every year. More than 85% of produced ammonia is used as fertilizers and in household...

15 Fascinating Facts About Neutron Stars

Like almost everything in the universe, stars born, live their lives, and then die in the span of millions and sometimes billions of years. It took decades for researchers to identify and catalog the different types of stars, how they form, and...

17 Deadliest Animals In The World

What is the world’s deadliest animal (apart from humans)? Well, based on the number of humans killed per year, it is not a shark or snake, but something much smaller than that: a mosquito. Indeed, most of the reported deaths caused by animals...

11 Different Types Of Forces

In physics, a force can be defined as a push or pull on any object that has mass. It changes the object’s motion. In other words, a force causes an object with mass to change its direction and velocity. Two great physicists Isaac Newton and...

15 Most Intriguing Facts About Atoms

Everything in the Universe — from Earth’s core to farthest galaxies — is made of atoms. It’s a fundamental unit of an element. So far, 118 elements have been identified (all are listed in the periodic table). The word...