FACTS ABOUT BLUE MOON

It’s a Blue Moon Tonight!

No, the term does not refer to the moons colour but to the rare occurrence of a second Full Moon appearing in a month.

Here are the Facts you need to know:

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• Blue moon has few other names such as the Green Corn Moon , the Grain Moon ,Full Red Moon etc..
• A full moon appears every 29.5 days .So, there are usually 12 moons in a year.
• But some years have 13, with one month having 2 Full Moon nights.
• July 2015 has two full moons. One on 2nd and 31st .
• The last blue moon was on Aug 2012
• And the next will happen in January 2018.



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• The upcoming blue moons in the coming years
• Jan 31,2018
• Mar 31,2018
• Oct 31,2020
• Aug 31,2023
• May 31,2026
• Dec 31,2028
• Sep 30,2031
• July 31,2034

 

Also called ‘The betrayer moon’, in some Christian traditions, referred to a second moon appearing during the abstinence season of Lent, which prolonged the period of their fasting.

Watch:The most interesting Science of Dogs

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Dog is Man's best friend.But how much?
Do they really have a psychological connection?Yes they do.But how much?



As per the latest episode of AsapSCIENCE,

• Dogs do speak the same language as us - we both respond to emotional sounds in very similar ways. 
• They detect a seizure before it actually happens
• And while dogs aren't as colour blind.They can only perceive black, white, blue, and yellow, which means there's colour in a dog's life, just not a lot of it.
• Dogs have the capacity to learn up to 150 words, count to five, and can even understand simple arithmetic. 
• Dogs are about as intelligent as a two-year-old human.
• BEST:Men are three times more likely to get a girl's phone number when they have a dog by their side.
• German Shepherd
   are reported to be the smartest breed of Dogs.

Watch the video by AsapSCIENCE that explains the Science of Dogs.

13 Facts about APJ Abdul Kalam a.k.a Missile Man

13 Facts about APJ Abdul Kalam a.k.a Missile Man

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1. His full name Is Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen  Abdul Kalam
2. He was born into a poor Muslim family, to Jainulabdeen and Ashiamma on October 15, 1931.
3. Even though he came from a poor family Background, he never gave up on his education
4. Kalam did his graduation from Madras Institute of Technology(MIT).He studied Aeronautical Engineering
5. He worked as a chief scientist at DRDO and was soon transferred to ISRO.



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6. AT ISRO,Kalam was the project director to develop India’s first satellite launch vehicle (SLV 3), that placed Rohini satellite in the Earth’s orbit.



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7. He played a huge role in developing guided missiles at DRDO.Hence the Missile man
8. He was the Scientific advisor to the Government of India, responsible for many missions for many development applications.
9. He was the 11th President of the Govt. of India.



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10. Kalam's 79th birthday was recognized as World Students' Day by United Nations.
    
11. Of all his books, ‘India 2020’ is the most famous and most appreciated books.

The books depicted action plan which advocated India turning into a knowledge superpower and as one of the developed nations of the world by the year 2020

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He was the first vegetarian Bachelor  to occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan

Check out this video where he gave a inspiring speech to the whole European Union:

10 Facts About the recently Discovered Planet “Earth 2.0”

10 Facts About the recently Discovered Planet “Earth 2.0”

Astronomers claim that they have discovered the most Earth-like Planet yet. They say that this has been the closest match to our Earth. Life could exist on that planet because it is neither too hot nor too cold to support liquid form of water. NASA told that “Astronomers are on the cusp of” finding “Another Earth”.

Here are the few facts u need to know about “Earth 2.0”:

• The name of the Planet is Kepler 452b,a rocky planet orbiting a star at the same distance the Earth orbits the Sun(=150 Million Kilometers)
• It takes 385 Earth days to complete a Year.
• The Kepler-452b is 60% larger in diameter(=20,000 Kilometers in diameter)

• It has twice the gravitational pull of the Earth
• The Planet Kepler 452b is 1400 Light-Years away from our solar system.
• The Planet was discovered by Kepler Space Telescope, which has been hunting for other worlds similar to Earth’s since 2009

• The star Kepler 452b is orbiting is 1.5 Billion Years older than our Sun
• And is 4% more bigger and 10% more brighter than our Sun
• It may be warmer than our Planet
• BUT….
  The planet may soon face a situation in which the heat from the dying star may evaporate the planet’s lakes and oceans.