Has anyone heard of a disease called Alice in Wonderland Syndrome? Isn’t there curiosity in the name itself? The scientific world has given the name ‘Alice in Wonderland Syndrome’ to an extremely rare disease that affects the nerves. It is also known by the acronym AWS/AIWS. Doctors say that this is a temporary phenomenon in…
This Austrian skydived at a height of 39 km from the sky in New Mexico. Felix reached this height in a balloon and it took less than ten minutes to reach the bottom. In the final moments of the jump, Felix used a parachute to speed control his descent Felix jumped at a speed of…
Having achieved the feat of becoming the first Arab astronaut to complete a long-duration mission in space, UAE’s Sultan Al Neyadi has now achieved another feat. Al Neyadi is now the first Arab astronaut to go on a spacewalk. Sultan Al Neyadi left the space station at 1.42pm on Saturday, April 29, accompanied by NASA…
This is a condition that occurs to at least some people when they reach a high peak area like Mt.Everest. It is known that as the altitude increases, the oxygen decreases… As a result, the brain does not get enough oxygen and it starts to swell… a type of swelling… This happens in this condition……
Christina Koch Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen Victor Glover Pilot Commander Reid Wiseman Christina Koch is the astronaut who set the record by spending more than 300 consecutive days in space. Christina is a professional engineer on Artemis 2. Jeremy Hansen is going to orbit the moon as a mission specialist. The pilot of the mission…
We all have an answer to the question of who was the first woman in space. Valentina Tereshkova. On June 16, 1963, the Vostok 6 spacecraft made that trip. But it took 20 years for a second woman to reach space. The second trip was in 1982, and that too was by Soviet Union cosmonaut…
What was his response to those who objected to his prediction that rocket-powered vehicles would one day reach the moon? “Every sight is funny until the first man accomplishes something; but once possible, it becomes commonplace.”
March 14 is observed as World Pi (π) Day. When March 14 is written in the American style of Month/Day/Year, it commemorates the value of pi (π ≈ 3.14).Physicist Larry Shaw started celebrating Pi Day in 1989. Similarly, June 28 is considered as ‘Two Pi Day’ (2 * π ≈ 6.28) and July 22 as…
Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh on February 18, 1930. Until 2006, Pluto was in planetary status… The name Pluto was suggested by 12-year-old Venetia Burney from Oxford, England.
N = R*•fp•ne•fl•fi•fc•L “In 1961, Carl’s close friend, fellow astronomer Frank Drake, created an equation for calculating the number of intelligent civilizations in the galaxy.” The Drake equation is: N = R*•fp•ne•fl•fi•fc•L where: N = the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible (i.e. which are on our current past…
