Science

The first NASA Space Shuttle, Columbia, at the end of its final flight on February 1st, 2003, disintegrated upon reentry, which resulted in the death of all seven members of the crew.

There is a ridge on the surface of the moon, called the Kepler Dorsum.

Nicotine is a strong neurotoxin - it affects the nervous system.

It carries out over 500 vital functions, of which approximately 200 are performed simultaneously.

The largest galaxy that has been spotted so far is IC 1101.

In 1997, NASA, in collaboration with ESA and ASI (Italy), launched the Cassini-Huygens space-research mission.

The Earth's atmosphere consists of many gases, most of which is nitrogen.

Snowflakes fall relatively slowly, at about four kilometers per hour.

The aurora is an inseparable element of the polar regions.

A trade route between the North Sea, the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, was called an Amber Road.