Author: Daniel Tom

Sun (Reference) Temperature – 5,500 oC (At Surface), 15 million oC(in the Core) Age – 4.6 billion years old Radius –  795,508 Kilometers (109 times that of earth) Mass – 1.9 x 1030 Kg / 330,000 times that of Earth Gravity – 274 m/s2 / 28 times that of Earth Distance from Earth – 150,000,000 km (1 Astronomical unit) The Sun…

The development and testing of a railgun by the US Navy is a ѕіɡпіfісапt technological advancement, showcasing the country’s military ргoweѕѕ. The railgun, with its рoteпtіаɩ to launch projectiles at іпсгedіЬɩe speeds and ranges, has the рoteпtіаɩ to revolutionize naval warfare. However, the high сoѕt of development and testing, estimated at $500 million, has raised…

Egyptian mummies covered in gold are rare, and we may have just found the oldest   The mummy of Hekashepes is seen here. He was buried covered with gold leaf in ancient Egypt. (Image credit: Courtesy of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)   Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a series of tombs dating…

  Australia’s national science organization, CSIRO, used the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope to look at the entire southern sky in record time and with amazing detail. The telescope discovered three million galaxies that had never been seen before, with researchers saying that astronomy may not have known about as many as one…

Since he was 12 years old, a 19-year-old American knifesmith has been forging blades. His art and vision are not little, despite his youth. He discovered how to mix priceless metals from meteors into the blade while forging them. Bladesmith Tristan Dare is a young knife maker from Idaho in the United States. He’s been…

Mother knows best, whether you’re a human or a bear. In this stunning and unusual footage captured in Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies, a black bear mother cautiously rescues her frightened and disoriented little cub after he strays onto a busy road. Fortunately, passing drivers appear to be aware of the danger and…

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Six decades of active service have been logged by the E-2 Hawkeye. The Northrup Grumman-built E-2 is capable of operating in all weather conditions and from aircraft carrier decks to provide tactical airborne early warning. Designed in the 1950s, the Hawkeye took its maiden flight in 1960 and entered service in 1964. And today, remarkably,…

Researchers’ recent observations of a stellar-mass black hole called Cygnus X-1 reveal new details about the configuration of extremely hot matter in the region immediately surrounding the black hole. Matter is heated to millions of degrees as it is pulled toward a black hole. This hot matter glows in X-rays. Researchers are using measurements of…

NASA said a large asteroid will make a relatively close approach to Earth on Friday, offering one of its best opportunities in years to collect data on a passing space rock. The asteroid, Asteroid 2022 UN5, estimated to be about 100 feet in diameter, will shoot past the planet at 8.2 kilometers per second at…