HOW DO YOU CALCULATE THE AGE OF YOUR DOG IN ‘HUMAN YEARS’?
ONLINE CALCULATOR
You can use this online tool to calculate the age of your dog in human years.
Have you seen funny Capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica?
Go away humans! The Capuchin Monkeys are aggressive when it comes to their territory:-)
What is Cinco de Mayo?
Cinco de Mayo ((Spanish: “Fifth of May”) is an annual celebration held on May 5.
Cinco De Mayo commemorates the Mexican Army’s successful defense of the city of Puebla against invading French forces in 1862.
This Sunday is Cinco de Mayo, a day celebrating Mexican culture across the United States and, to a lesser extent, in Mexico.
When is Star Wars Day? May the 4th Be With You
Star Wars Day, May 4, celebrates George Lucas’ Star Wars.
The date was chosen for the pun on the catchphrase “May the Force be with you” as “May the Fourth be with you“.
Star Wars, an epic space opera written and directed by George Lucas, premiered in 1977 and became an almost instant cult classic.
What are the Nearest Stars to Earth?
The nearest stars to Earth are in the Alpha Centauri triple-star system, about 4.37 light-years away. One of these stars, Proxima Centauri, is slightly closer, at 4.24 light-years.
Of all the stars closer than 15 light-years, only two are spectral type G, similar to our sun: Alpha Centauri A and Tau Ceti. The majority are M-type red dwarf stars.
Only nine of the stars in this area are bright enough to be seen by the naked human eye from Earth. These brightest stars include Alpha Centauri A and B, Sirius A, Epsilon Eridani, Procyon, 61 Cygni A and B, Epsilon Indi A and Tau Ceti.
Barnard’s Star, a red dwarf 5.96 light-years away, has the largest proper motion of any known star. This means that Barnard’s Star moves rapidly against the background of more distant stars, at a rate of 10.3 seconds of arc per Earth year.
Sirius A is the brightest star in Earth’s night sky, due to its intrinsic brightness and its proximity to us. Sirius B, a white dwarf star, is smaller than Earth but has a mass 98 percent that of our sun.
In late 2012, astronomers discovered that Tau Ceti may host five planets including one within the star’s habitable zone. Tau Ceti is the nearest single G-type star like our sun (although the Alpha Centauri triple-star system also hosts a G-type star and is much closer).
The masses of Tau Ceti’s planets range from between two and six times the mass of Earth.
Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration
Test: How stressed are you?
Your stress level comes down to what you see within seconds.
If the image is still, you are calm; if it moves slightly, you are stressed and if it moves like a carousel, you are very stressed.
This image is said to reveal exactly how stressed you’re feeling based on how much or how little it moves.
The now-viral image has people all over the Internet obsessed.
What is National Spaghetti Day?
National Spaghetti Day is celebrated every January 4th in the United States of America.
How to celebrate it?
All you have to do is get together your friends and family and serve them a nice dish of spaghetti.
While ancient cultures were making and eating spaghetti and other pastas well before it came to Europe, it’s the Italians who popularized it in cuisines.
It was introduced into the United States through the travels of Thomas Jefferson, who brought it back from Naples, Italy in 1789.
Italian immigrants also brought it over with them to the U.S., where its popularity quickly spread.
Common types of pasta
1. ANGEL HAIR
2. CANNELLONI
3. CONCHIGLIE
4. DITALINI
5. FARFALLE
6. FETTUCCINE
7. LASAGNA
What is the far side of the Moon?
The far side of the Moon is the hemisphere of the Moon that always faces away from Earth.
A never-before-seen ‘close range’ image taken by the Chinese spacecraft Chang’e-4 of the surface of the far side of the moon. It appears to take on a reddish hue in some of the images released by China, seemingly an effect of the lights used by the probe.
The Chang’e-4 lunar probe mission – named after the moon goddess in Chinese mythology – launched last December from the southwestern Xichang launch center.
December 7 2018 – Chinese space agency announces it has launched the Chang’e-4 probe into space.
December 12 2018 – Retrorockets on the probe fired to stabilise the spacecraft and slow it down.
December 31 2018 – The probe prepared for the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon.
Io and Europa over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Absolutely beautiful video created using still images taken by the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of Jupiter and while at Saturn. Shown is Io and Europa over Jupiter's Great Red Spot and then Titan as it passes over Saturn and it's edge-on rings. NASA/JPL/Kevin M. Gill pic.twitter.com/BWaVP5h6Ob
— Domenico Calia (@CaliaDomenico) January 1, 2019
