The whole universe is filled with billions of stars of different sizes. The largest known star in the universe is VY Canis Majoris red hyper giant. The size of this star is almost billion times larger that planet Earth. Its size can be understood by imagining yourself in a plane that is flying around this star. Your plane will take 1100 years to complete just one circle.
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Introduction In the closing chapters of World War II, the United States faced a momentous decision – to employ the unprecedented power of the atomic bomb. The city of Hiroshima, chosen as the epicenter for this cataclysmic event, witnessed the detonation of the 15-kiloton nuclear warhead named “Little Boy” in August 1945. While other locales…
Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and (seemingly) random motion. The period of one complete cycle of the dance is 60 seconds. The length of the longest pendulum has been adjusted so that it executes 51 oscillations in this 60 second period. The…
The recreational diving center Nemo 33 near Brussels, Belgium is home to the world’s deepest swimming pool. The pool has two large flat-bottomed areas at depth levels of 5 m (16 ft) and 10 m (32 ft), and a large circular pit descending to a depth of 33 m (108 ft). Nemo 33 is a…
Jodhpur is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Jodhpur is a popular tourist destination, featuring many palaces, forts and temples, set in the stark landscape of the Thar desert. The city is known as the Sun City for the bright, sunny weather it enjoys all year. It is also referred to…
