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Serena Williams, 2003 News
professional tennis player, won her first Wimbledon Tournament in July, defeating her older sister, Venus, 7–6, 6–3. The tide may be turning for Serena, who also prevailed over Venus in June…Carnivorous Plants
Flipping the food chain Venus's flytrap Most carnivorous plants eat flying, foraging, or crawling insects. Those that live in or around water capture very small aquatic prey like mosquito…U.S. Unstaffed Planetary and Lunar Programs
Lunar Orbiter. Series of spacecraft designed to orbit the Moon, taking pictures and obtaining data in support of the subsequent staffed Apollo landings. The U.S. launched five Lunar Orbiters…lightning
(Encyclopedia) lightning, electrical discharge accompanied by thunder, commonly occurring during a thunderstorm. The discharge may take place between one part of a cloud and another part (intracloud…Bode's law
(Encyclopedia) Bode's law [for J. E. Bode], also known as Titius's law or the Titius-Bode law, empirical relationship between the mean distances of the planets from the sun. If each number in the…satellite, natural
(Encyclopedia) satellite, natural, celestial body orbiting a planet, dwarf planet, asteroid, or star of a larger size. The most familiar natural satellite is the earth's moon; thus, satellites of…Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y
(Encyclopedia) Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva yVelázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva yrôᵺrēˈgāth ᵺā sēlˈvä ē vāläthˈkāth [key], 1599–1660, b. Seville. He was the most celebrated painter of the…Women's Olympic Tennis
Multiple gold medals (including women's doubles): Helen Wills, Gigi Fernandez, Mary Joe Fernandez, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams.SinglesYear 1900 Charlotte Cooper Great Britain1906…Serena Williams Biography
Serena WilliamsBorn: Sept. 26, 1981Tennis beat Martina Hingis for 1999 U.S. Open championship to become the first African-American woman to win a Grand Slam title since Althea Gibson in 1958…Brewer's: Planets
i. In astrology there are seven planets: APOLLO, the sun, represents gold. DIANA, the moon, represents silver. MERCURY represents quicksilver. VENUS represents copper. MARS represents iron…Trending
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