The Vulcan statue in Birmingham, Alabama, is the world’s tallest cast iron statue, standing at 56 feet tall. It was built to celebrate the city’s iron and steel industries and was unveiled at the 20th St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. After being used in advertising campaigns, it was relocated to Vulcano Park in 1939 […]
Astronomers in the 19th century believed in a hypothetical planet called Vulcan, closer to the Sun than Mercury, due to discrepancies in Mercury’s orbit. Observations of black spots transiting the Sun were thought to be Vulcan, but Einstein’s theory of relativity explained the anomaly. The search for Vulcanoid objects continues, but the Yarkovsky effect makes […]
Vulcans are a fictional race in the Star Trek universe, known for their pointed ears, arched eyebrows, green blood, and logical behavior. They are longer lived and stronger than humans, with a strong sense of smell and resistance to heat. They view emotions as irrational and try to live their lives governed by logic and […]
