Mariposite: Properties and Occurrences Mariposite is a chromium-rich variety of Phengite which is a discredited name for a mineral series between Muscovite and Celadonite. It is a mineral that…
Sub-orbital Spaceflight Sub-orbital spaceflight is when a spacecraft goes into space but does not reach the altitude where it can orbit Earth. It is a spaceflight in…
Begum Shahi Mosque, Pakistan Begum Shahi Mosque (Urdu: بیگم شاہی مسجد), officially The Mosque of Mariyam Zamani Begum (Urdu: مریم زمانی بیگم کی مسجد), is the Mughal era’s oldest…
Terrainability – field of mobile robotics The terrainability of a machine or robot is defined as its ability to negotiate terrain irregularities. Mobile robots are usually demanded to enter into unstructured…
Eels Have Been Found Living and Feeding On Blood inside the Heart of Sharks There’s an emotional verse in The Mighty Bush’s Isles that goes something like this: “Eels inside the year, they look for the entrance wherever they…
Beast From The East 2? What ‘Sudden Stratospheric Warming’ Involves and Why It Can Cause Freezing Surface Weather A “sudden stratospheric warming” event took place in early January 2021, according to the UK National Weather Service Met Office. These phenomena are some of…
Badshahi Mosque, Pakistan One of the few important architectural monuments constructed during the long rule of Emperor Aurangzeb from 1658 to 1707 is the Badshahi Mosque (Punjabi and…
Pyrophosphoric Acid Pyrophosphoric acid, also known as diphosphoric acid, is by nature a medium-strong hygroscopic inorganic acid and is both a colorless and odorless chemical. With the…
Escape Velocity in Physics Escape velocity is the speed that an object needs to be traveling to break free of a planet or moon’s gravity well and leave it…
Muscovite: Properties and Occurrences Muscovite is the most common mineral of the mica family. It is also known as common mica, isinglass, or potash mica is a hydrated phyllosilicate…
Microwave Auditory Effect Also known as the microwave hearing effect or the Frey effect, the microwave auditory effect consists of audible clicks caused by pulsed/modulated microwave frequencies that…
Low Earth orbit – an Earth-centred orbit A low Earth orbit (LEO) is, as the name suggests, an orbit that is relatively close to Earth’s surface. It is an Earth-centred orbit with…