Term For The Day

avitational Lensing :

Gravitational Lensing is the name given to a phenomenon where light bends when it encounters a gravitationally - powerful cosmic object such as a star or a large planet..... This phenomenon occurs due to the bending of the Space - Time continnum by a heavy cosmic object...... This leads to light being refracted in different ways thus giving the observer the illusion of a lens in space.......

Term For The Day

PYROCLASTIC FLOW:

Pryoclastic Flow is the term used to describe the Ultra - Hot mixture of gas and volcanic ash (rocks) that flows the sides of a volcano as soon as it erupts ..... The mixture is so hot that it is believed that the Pyroclastic flow from the eruption of Mt.Vesuvius that wiped out the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum during its eruption in A.D 79 evaporated the internal organs of humans and other living beings almost instantly........ Scary........

Trivia For The Day

Although the Planet Mercury is named after the element Mercury , the crust of Mercury is very very rich in Iron Ore...... It has so much mercury that if found a way to mine Mercury it would solve all the iron needs of mankind for many million years........