Archive for August, 2007

Remember Anastasia, the animated film? It was based on a true story of czar’s family, overthrown during a revolution. The real story was never told in the film.

Russian Czar Nicholas II and his family were removed from power during the Russian Revolution. They were held in Siberia. And was sent to Ural Mountains, in the City of Yekaterinburg, where they were executed in the form of firing squad on July 17, 1918.

While there are a lot of remedies stored in store shelves to relieve a person of bad breath, such as chewing gum, mouthwash and breath strips, scientists have understand the science of bad breath.

Clinic studies show that bad breath occurs when bacteria in the mouth breaks down proteins producing a volatile sulfur compound that creates bad breath, Dry mouth, tooth decay, certain drug prescriptions, sinusitis and even diabetes can cause bad breath.

Astronomers have discovered a tremendous hole in the universe. But it baffled them about what is not there.

The cosmic blank spot has no stray stars, no galaxies, no sucking black holes or even a mysterious dark matter. It has been reported by the University of Minnesota that the 1 billion light years across has nothing.

Astronomers have known that there are areas in the universe where there is nothing. One such place is 2 million light years away from Milky Way Galaxy, where of course our Solar System is situated.

Queen band guitarist Brian May finally got his doctorate last August 23, after 30 years since he began studying a specialized area of astronomy.

Brian May started his thesis with the title “Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud” at Imperial College in London year 1974. Then he abandoned his studies when Queen became famous.

Last year, he resumed his studies and got the assessor’s approval for his thesis and passed his an oral exam.

The moon will turn bloody red on Tuesday, August 28. The moon will align with the Earth and the Sun in the first central eclipse in seven years.

During the eclipse, the full moon will take on a dark red color as it will be illuminated slightly by sunlight passing through the Earth’s atmosphere. Hence, the Blood Moon Eclipse. It was reported that the moon will stay red for 30-45 minutes.

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