Coral reefs are bustling ecosystems. Though covering less than 1% of the ocean surface area, they provide home for millions of fish and other marine life species. Stony corals form hard calcium carbonate structures known as skeletons which may take the shape of towers, domes or fan shapes. Many species live in harmony with microalgae…
Forty-seven years ago, Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin made history when they set foot on the Moon in one of the most advanced spacecraft available at that time – Apollo 11. Now anyone with internet access can explore Apollo 11 command module “Columbia” in high resolution 3D using publicly available data files that can…
Venus is often referred to as Earth’s sister planet because they share many similar characteristics such as size and density. Venus can come closer than any other planet in our Solar System to approaching us at its closest point – typically reaching this threshold every 115 months or so. However, recent research indicates that Mercury…
Mercury is a real-time engagement platform that connects YouTube creators with top brands, providing tools that support subscriber, membership and Patreon supporter growth. Mercury tools include dynamic channel banners that showcase actual milestones and goals as well as descriptions featuring real-time polls, shout outs and more – tools which have revolutionized subscriber growth on YouTube…
Tigers are captivating animals that captivate human imagination. Their size, strength, and beauty have long been revered; yet there may be some interesting facts you didn’t know about! Tigers differ from domestic cats in that they do not purr. Instead, they communicate through scent markings, urine markings and facial expressions; their roar serves to mark…
Quora does not moderate any questions asked to it, unlike Wikipedia where volunteers continually proof and correct articles in order to create a reliable information source. Quora simply lacks this feature. Unfairly placing value on questions at the expense of answer authors who spend hours crafting detailed replies would be silly. Quora should devise a…
Millions of people witnessed as the space shuttle Challenger lifted off from a frigid Florida morning on January 28, 1986, carrying Christa McAuliffe – a teacher from New Hampshire chosen as America’s inaugural civilian astronaut. Although companies are creating technology to help clean up space debris, fragmentation remains an issue. Researchers study this phenomenon by…
Have you ever found yourself looking up on a sunny day and wondering why the sky appears blue? Turns out there’s an excellent explanation! The color of the sky is determined by how sunlight interacts with our atmosphere. Sunlight passes through air molecules, scattering in all directions with blue hues being more heavily dispersed than…
Engineers usually place decommissioned spacecraft into graveyard orbits to reduce the likelihood of colliding with active satellites or even other spacecraft. However, larger objects like space stations that don’t explode upon reentry are sent to a spacecraft cemetery located at Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean. What is a spacecraft cemetery? Spacecraft cemeteries are designated…
