Friday, March 18, 2011

Biggest Full Moon (SuperMoon) in 18 Years

It may not be faster than a speeding bullet, but tomorrow the moon will make its closest approach to earth in 18 years—making the so-called supermoon the biggest full moon in years.

The monthly full moon always looks like a big disk, but because its orbit is egg-shaped, there are times when the moon is at perigee—its shortest distance from Earth in the roughly month long lunar cycle—or at apogee, its farthest distance from Earth.

Likewise, because the size of the moon's orbit varies slightly, each perigee is not always the same distance away from Earth. Friday's supermoon will be just 221,566 miles (356,577 kilometers) away from Earth. The last time the full moon approached so close to Earth was in 1993, according to NASA.

The March 19 supermoon, as it's called, will be visible "pretty much any time during the night," said Geza Gyuk, astronomer at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.

"Look for the full moon as it rises above the eastern horizon as the sun sets below the western horizon—it will be a beautiful and inspiring sight," he said via email.
(Rest of the information can be found on: National Geographic)

Monday, February 7, 2011

Shisha Vs Cigarettes

According to the French anti-tobacco agency (OFT), a report from the French national laboratory revealed that smoking shisha gives off as much carbon monoxide as 15 to 52 cigarettes and as much tar as 27 to 102 cigarettes.

Rest of the Detail Can be found on http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/87463.php

Monday, January 24, 2011

Do you How many Bones a Human Body Caotains?

Normally a Human Body Contains 206 bones and two systems, trunk of our body and our limbs. The most astonishing thing is that, the infant Body Contains about 350 bones and these Get fused when a Child grows to adult.
More than half of your 206 bones are found in your hands and feet.
(Believe it or Not)

Location
Number
Skull 22
Ears (pair) 6
Vertebrae 26
Vertebral ribs 24
Sternum 3
Throat 1
Pectoral girdle 4
Arms (pair) 60
Hip bones 2
Legs...