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Two baby squirrels Thelma and Louise were rescued by Dr. Laura Witherell, who works at a clinic specializing in cats and dogs. It took no time for Witherell to find that there was something wrong with Thelam’s right eye.

Dr. Michael West, a veterinary ophthalmology resident at BluePearl Veterinary Partners who disgnosed Thelam’s problem said glaucoma is a painful condition. He said he had earlier performed surgery on dogs and cats, even zoo penguins, but never on a squirrel.

On Tuesday, doctors removed Thelma’s right eye during a surgery in Southfield. Thelma weighed less than a pound at the time of the operation.

We have seen several celestial events happening in the past, but the one which is all set to occur this week will surely take your breath away. Venus and Mars will be setting up a great show this week before sunrise on Tuesday, November 3.

As per experts, the planets will appear so close to each other that they will look equal to about the width of the full moon. Later after their close encounter, Venus will move away from the Red planet and will drag towards the eastern horizon.

After both the planets have played their roles the moon will come forward to present another stunning show. Before the dawn on Tuesday, the last quarter moon could be seen gliding past the stunning open star cluster called the Beehive in the southeast sky.

On Monday, NASA and partner agencies were all celebrating 15 years completion of work, research and exploration at the International Space Station. Since 2nd November, 2000, the ISS has been occupied and has led to many scientific breakthroughs.

Fifteen years back, a crew including American Bill Shepherd reached at the ISS to kick-start the first expedition and since then, there has been continuous presence of humans. The six astronauts and cosmonauts who are currently staying at the ISS said that the work being carried out at the ISS and the 15-nation partnership have pretty much cleared about the level of this orbital post.

This November is going to turn out really exciting for star gazers as a number of astronomical events are going to happen. Among the events are new moon, full moon, Leonids meteor shower and a rare Taurids meteor shower. Below you can find information on them.

" Full Moon - On November 6, 2015, the full moon will take place. As per Seasky.org, the full moon will be at its peak at 22.33 UTC. The November full moon also known as Full Beaver moon, Frosty Moon and Hunter's Moon will be seen at almost all the places.

" New Moon - Its turn will on November 22, 2015. In new moon, it remains completely hidden in the sky. It is estimated that the new moon will be at its peak at 12:32 UTC.

Last week's NASA study 'Mass Gains of Antarctic Ice Sheet Greater than Losses', claimed that ice accumulation in East Antarctica has reached to level where it outweighs the losses due to climate change. But, a new study does not agree with these findings.

According to the latest study, the NASA research work is completely opposite to over a decade-long other scientific measurements even earlier carried out NASA studies. The NASA study has claimed that in East Antarctica there is enough ice, which can balance the losses from Antarctica' thinnest glaciers.

Scientists have discovered the world's smallest known snail in northeastern Borneo, which measures 0.5 to 0.6 mm, equivalent to the thickness of five human hairs placed next to each other. The snail has been named as Acmella nana. In fact, researchers have also found 47 other new species of land snails.

Study's lead researcher Menno Schilthuizen, a researcher at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, said that they have also found a species, which has a very unique curlicue-shaped shell and has been named Ditropopsis davisoni.

It is yet to be known what the main function of the strange shell is. The researchers said that they had to search areas having outcroppings of limestone. It was a prerequisite because this rock has the calcium that is needed for snail's shell.