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The first escalators, which appeared in the late 1800s, were initially developed as amusement park rides!
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Space & Astonomy > Astronomy
On 7th January, 1610, Jupiter’s second largest moon, Callisto, was discovered by Galileo Galilei... Read more »
On 9th March, 1611, Sunspots were observed for the first time by Dutch astronomer Johannes Fabricius... Read more »
On 11th January, 1787, Two moons of Uranus are discovered by William Herschel... Read more »
On 28th March, 1802, The second asteroid to be discovered, 2 Pallas, was first observed... Read more »
On 29th March, 1807, The Vesta 4 asteroid was discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Matthaus Olbers... Read more »
On 31st January, 1862, Alvin Clark became the first to observe a white dwarf star... Read more »
On 12th August, 1877, Asaph Hall discovered Deimos, one of the moons of planet Mars... Read more »
On 16th January, 1893, Max Wolf discovered the asteroid 353 Ruperto-Carola... Read more »
On 9th April, 1895, James Keeler proved that Saturn’s rings are made up of individual objects... Read more »
On 22nd February, 1900, Auguste Charlois discovered asteroid #453 Tea at the Observatoir de Nice in France... Read more »
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