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Carl Sagan: The Gift of Apollo [Video]

In the video below, in a poetry of language unparalleled by any other, the one and only Carl Sagan talks to us about the Gift of Apollo, bringing focus and perspective to the greatest engineering achievement in human history.

Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930

Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930, by the American astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.

These Photos Show the Incredible Power of Earthquakes

Railway tracks bent more than 3 meters (10 feet) during Turkey earthquakes (2023)

On the early morning of February 6, 2023, two consecutive devastating earthquakes (with magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.7 on the Richter scale, just nine hours apart in the same area) hit Turkey and Syria, killing tens of thousands and injuring hundreds of thousands of people.

Moons of the Solar System: The Complete List [2023 Update]

As of February 2023, there are 224 confirmed moons in our solar system. A moon, also known as a natural satellite, is a celestial body that orbits planets, and asteroids. This number includes only the planetary moons. Here is the list of the known planetary moons in the solar system.

Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and Ohm are in a car [Joke about physics]

Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, and Georg Ohm are in a car and they get pulled over. Heisenberg is the driver and the police officer asks him:

“Do you know how fast you were going?”

32 Largest Deserts on Earth

Here are the top 32 largest deserts in the world. The list also includes cold deserts.

EOSDA Launched The First Agriculture-Focused Satellite Of The EOS SAT Constellation

EOS Data Analytics is a company, developing technological solutions and providing geospatial data analytics worldwide. Founded by Dr. Max Polyakov, the company applies years of experience and deep technical knowledge to provide reliable and valuable data for agriculture and more than 20 sectors. The solutions created by EOSDA help to make effective business decisions and increase production sustainability to decrease the negative impact of agricultural production on our planet.

Apollo 1 Tragedy [January 27, 1967]

On January 27, 1967, three NASA astronauts, Roger B. Chaffee (b. February 15, 1935), Virgil I. Grissom (b. April 3, 1926), and Edward H. White II (b. November 14, 1930) died when a flash fire swept through the Apollo 1 command module during a launch rehearsal test. The three men inside perished despite the best efforts of the ground crew. It would take more than 18 months, and extensive redesigns, before NASA sent more astronauts into space.

Opportunity landed on Mars on January 25, 2004

Opportunity Mars rover - artist conception

On January 15, 2004, NASA’s Opportunity rover landed on Mars (in Meridiani Planum), three weeks after its twin, Spirit, touched down on the other side of the red planet on January 4.

The first Uranus flyby was performed by Voyager 2 on January 24, 1986

On January 24, 1986, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft performed the first (and as of 2023, the only so far) Uranus flyby in the history of space exploration.