If an astronaut “loses it” in space, part of the protocol is to restrain them with duck tape.
The Minnesota Vikings are building a stadium…
The Minnesota Vikings are building a stadium that costs more than sending a space probe to Pluto.
The light of galaxies greater than 14.7 billion light years away…
The light of galaxies greater than 14.7 billion light years away will never reach us, because those parts of the universe are receding away from us at faster than light speed.
There is a theory that predicts that the universe is…
There is a theory that predicts that the universe is a projected 3D illusion created by a 2D surface on the outermost edges of space. Not too different from a hologram.
A digital time capsule “A Message From Earth” was transmitted…
A digital time capsule “A Message From Earth” was transmitted to the planet Gliese 581c and included a message by actress Gillian Anderson consisting of images of George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
In 2007 China tested a missile and shot down one…
In 2007 China tested a missile and shot down one of their own satellites, accidentally creating 2,087 pieces of space debris on crazy orbits, all of which are now required to be tracked to avoid space collisions.
There exists a dwarf planet, Haumea, past the orbit…
There exists a dwarf planet, Haumea, past the orbit of Neptune that is the fastest spinning planet or dwarf planet in the Solar System by far. How fast? Well Haumea is a third the mass of Pluto, but rotates once every 3.5 hours. This is so fast it puts a lot of stress on the […]
In 1973, three astronauts on the Skylab 4 space station…
In 1973, three astronauts on the Skylab 4 space station went on strike after being over worked, demanding more time for contemplating the universe and in Pogue’s words “studying the, the Earth below, and ourselves”: the first strike in space.
Jupiter is so large that it and the Sun mutually…
Jupiter is so large that it and the Sun mutually orbit a point outside of the Sun itself.
Several long-duration Russian cosmonauts have reported…
Several long-duration Russian cosmonauts have reported that months after coming back to Earth, they occasionally let go objects in mid-air, still expecting them to float.