Author: Daniel Tom

A few weeks ago, this reporter happened to be outside on a warm and sunny early autumn day – when an unmistakable sound quickly grew louder. Immediately I recognized it, it was a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, the single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft that first entered service in 1976. As the sound grew louder…

Welcome back to the FLUCTUS channel for a feature of the Gerald R Ford Class, the world’s biggest aircraft carrier at sea. With a full load displacement of 100,000t and the 78m-wide flight deck, this amazing warship has the capacity to carry more than 75 aircraft and accommodate 4,539 personnel, including the ship’s company, air…

In 1996, Egyptologist Zahi Hawass noticed іmргeѕѕіⱱe flashes from the Ьottom of a hole in an oasis in Egypt’s desert. This led to the discovery of several tomЬѕ containing mᴜmmіeѕ from the Greco-Roman period; they all had іпсгedіЬɩe golden decorations. Greco-Roman mᴜmmіeѕ The Valley of the Golden mᴜmmіeѕ is located 15 minutes from El Bawiti,…

After a lengthy repair and refurbishment that took 1.3 million work hours and 30 months, the United States Navy’s unique USS George H. W. Bush aircraft carrier is ready to head out to sea. The list of repairs and refurbishments the aircraft carrier underwent is extensive. In addition to complete propeller and propeller shaft overhauls…

The Black Sea town of Sozopol in Bulgaria has become home to the Ьᴜгіed remains of “vampire ѕkeɩetoпѕ.” These ѕkeɩetoпѕ date back to the Middle Ages. It is reported that Bulgaria is home to at least 100 ѕkeɩetoп burials of vampires. In Slavic folklore, the existence of vampires was a tradition that was common but it was especially…

Scientists think that a “hurricane” of dark matter could be moving past the Sun, and that it could be seen from Earth. The study was led by Ciaran O’Hare from the University of Zaragoza in Spain. It was published in Physical Review D and looked at the S1 stream, which is a group of nearby…

    If the new research turns out to be true, it could help scientists figure out where life came from. According to new research, the Earth used to be mostly water, with little or no land in sight. And that could mean a lot about how life started and how it changed over time.…

The world-famous CSIRO telescope in Australia looked at the whole southern sky in record time and with amazing detail. It found 3 million galaxies that had never been seen before. Australia’s national science organization, CSIRO, announced the achievement on December 1, and it quickly made headlines around the world for creating a new map of…

A team of archaeologists has found in Egypt what could be considered the first border marker in history. It is a rock with hieroglyphs whose inscription marks the “domain of King Horus Scorpion.” A group of researchers from the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and the University of Bonn has found what could be considered as…

Five of the world’s ten biggest aircraft carriers by displacement are operated by Asian naval forces, while the US Navy owns the world’s biggest aircraft carrier, the Gerald R Ford Class. Naval Technology lists the world’s top ten biggest aircraft carriers by displacement. Gerald R Ford class, US     A full load displacement of…