Author: Shehi

The Great Blue Hole: Belize’s Marine Marvel

June 15, 2024

The Great Blue Hole in Belize is an extraordinary marine sinkhole renowned for its unique structure and diverse marine life. This natural wonder features a layer of freshwater at the top, while denser saltwater settles at the bottom, creating two distinct environments due to their density differences. The separation of these layers supports various types…

The Tectonic plates are moving

March 26, 2023

The San Andreas Fault in California is a temporary crack that marks the boundary between the planet’s two major tectonic plates. Length: 1,200km • Depth: 32km

At the end of April, we will know if a private space project will successfully soft land on the moon for the first time. Stay tuned to see if a UAE Space Agency rover will land on the moon in April.

March 25, 2023

Built by the Japanese private company ispace, the Hakuto-r lander launched on December 11 aboard a Falcon-9 rocket and entered lunar orbit on March 21. The Hakuto-r Lander weighs about 1000 Kg and carries the Rasheed Lunar Rover weighing 10 Kg. If the mission is successful, Hakuto-r will be the first private probe to soft…

How HIMALAYA were formed

January 17, 2023

This immense mountain range began to form between 40 and 50 million years ago, when two large landmasses, India and Eurasia, driven by plate movement, collided. Because both these continental landmasses have about the same rock density, one plate could not be subducted under the other. Shells and marine fossils are found in the limestone…

The most dangerous island

December 15, 2022

Densely green forest, beautiful beaches, clear waters and long shallow seas dotted with sea-puts, this isolated island in the Andaman archipelago is home to life, but once you land, you will never see the outside world again. The wildlife here is not the problem. Behind it is a very aggressive tribe called senitinellese. In 1974,…