The Story of the NERDS, Bazinga!
Penny: What are you, some kind of nerd?Leonard: Not ‘some kind of nerd’. I’m the King of nerds. Season 05, Episode 13 – “The Recombination Hypothesis” The big bang theory is all about the four kings of nerds who spend their time on science, playing video games, watching sci-fi movies, and reading comic books. Nerd […]
The UNICORN
The recent discovery of “Unicorn” , the smallest and the closest black hole found so far may lead to help solve an enduring mystery in astrophysics. “Unicorn” orbits with a red giant star about 1500 light-years from Earth. Named “Unicorn” in part because it is unique, and in part, because it was found in the […]
A Russian ‘First Firework’: Salyut I
April 19, 1971 01:40:00 UTCSalyut IProton RocketSite 81/24 Baikonur CosmodromeSoviet Union The most valuable mission in the way to make the Soviet space program a success occurred with the launch of the first space station, Salyut I into low earth orbit by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1971. It orbited the Earth almost 3,000 […]