UFOs are ‘Unidentified Flying Objects’. The term ‘UFO’ for Unidentified Flying Object was coined by the US Air Force officer Edward Ruppelt in 1952. Some people call them ‘flying saucers’, while some call them ‘alien ships’. Various theories exist about what UFOs might actually be, but these are just notions as basically no UFO has […]
• Common name : Dragon Root, Wild Turnip • Scientific name : Arisaematriphyllum • Family : Araceae • Native land : Eastern and Mid-Western North America It is a herbaceous perennial flower, spring-flowering bulb. It produces one to two 3-lobed leaves 12 to 18 inches high. The flowers have two distinct parts: a spathe, and
The word ‘nebula’ is derived from the Latin word ‘nebulae’, which means mist. Nebula or nebulas cannot be observed with a telescope as they are faint misty places in the sky. There are two types of nebula present: galactic and extra-galactic. The first ones are found in the Milky Way. They are made up of
• Common name : Ivy, Canarian Ivy, Algerian Ivy • Scientific name : Hederacanariensis • Family : Araliacea • Native land : Canary Islands, Portugal, the Azores, and North Africa Ivy is an evergreen perennial climbing or trailing woody shrub or bush. Its beautiful thick, leathery foliage seems a little shinier than English ivy. The
• Common name : Hyssop • Scientific name : Hyssopusofficinalis • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Southern Europe eastward to Central Asia Hyssop is a small herbaceous or semi-woody perennial plant. It grows up to 1.5 feet tall. It has slim, woody quadrangular stems and narrow, elliptical, dotted leaves that grow in pairs
• Common name : Aaron’s Beard, St. John’s Wort • Scientific name : Hypericumcalycinum • Family : Hypericaceae • Native land : Southern Europe, South-Western Asia Hypericum is an evergreen shrub. It is a stoloniferous subshrub. It grows up to 1 feet tall. It is a fast growing plant. It has large, rose-like, five-petaled, yellow
• Common name : Bigleaf Hydrangea • Scientific name : Hydrangea macrophylla • Family : Hydrangeaceae • Native land : China, Japan and parts of Russia Bigleaf hydrangea is a deciduous shrub. It is a very popular flowering shrub. The flowers are mostly produced in June and July but newer cultivars (that flower on new
Comets are the tiny points of light found moving in the sky. A comet is a mixture of solid matter combined with gases; however, their origin is still a mystery. Comets upon coming in contact with the Sun, give rise to a tail. This tail is composed of fine particles and gases which are shot
• Common name : Hyacinth, Garden Hyacinth, Dutch Hyacinth • Scientific name : Hyacinthusorientalis • Family : Asparagaceae • Native land : Central and Southern Turkey, North-Western Syria, Lebanon Hyacinth is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant. It is a spring flowering bulb that produces the spikes of flowers noted for their intense, often overpowering, fragrance.
• Common name : Hosta, Blue Angle, Devil’s Advocate • Scientific name : Hostabressingham blue • Family : Asparagaceae • Native land : North-East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East) Hosta is a herbaceous perennial plant. It grows from rhizomes or stolons with broad lanceolate or ovate leaves. The leaves have wide
• Common name : Horseradish • Scientific name : Armoraciarusticana • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : South-Eastern Europe and Western Asia Horseradish is a herbaceous perennial plant. It is a somewhat coarse vegetable that is grown for its pungent, fleshy roots. It has large, variably sized, dock-like, toothed, shiny, dark green leaves. It
• Common name : Pink Honeysuckle, California Honeysuckle • Scientific name : Lonicerahispidula • Family : Caprifoliaceae • Native land : California west coast of the United States Pink honeysuckle is a perennial vine shrub. It is a low-elevation woodlands shrub. It has distinctive leaves growing opposite on the stems, the uppermost pairs fuses at
Falling stars are small solid bodies that move in space and at times enter the Earth’s atmosphere. These falling stars are known as meteors. Some meteors are very small while some may weigh in tonnes. They travel in any path. At time, they appear as a dense group of stars travelling in the sky. When
The Milky Way is a galaxy. It has a vast collection of stars, planets and other heavenly bodies. It is made up of at least a 100 billion stars, as well as dust and gas. It is spiral in shape. Our solar system is a tiny part of this huge galaxy. Ancient people named it
A constellation is a group of stars arranged in a specific pattern. The pattern could resemble an animal, certain letters or some other familiar figure. The constellations were named long ago after animals, kings, queens. etc. Some of the examples are Hercules, Ursa Major, and the Great Bear. Till date, around 88 constellations have been