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On May 2nd 2019, an extremely high resolution image was made from 16 years of observations from the Hubble telescope. This image is the deepest view of the universe, containing roughly 265,000 galaxies and stretches through 13.3 billion years to just 500 million years after the big bang.
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In 1977 Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune were entering a rare alignment that occurs every 175 years. This happened to be when humans were first attempting space exploration so we were coincidentally able to send Voyager 2 on a flyby of all four planets on its way out of the solar system.
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On March 18, 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first man to walk in space. The 30-year-old Russian floated outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft for 12 minutes while connected to a 16ft tether.
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This tale begins with astronaut John Young. The 9th person to walk on the moon, Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut before – or after – him at NASA, flying 6 space missions in over 42 years of service.
Yeah. I know.
He flew his first mission in 1985, the 3rd Gemini mission. He and fellow astronaut Gus Grissom named their craft “Molly Brown,” after the Unsinkable Molly Brown, and when NASA suggested that they change it – no need to worry about crashing into the sea, after all – they said fine, they would call it “Titanic” instead.
The “Molly Brown” was the last crew-named spacecraft to lift off on NASA’s watch.
What NASA officials didn’t know was that Young wasn’t done causing trouble in 1985. Not even close.
Before the flight, Young’s friend Walter Schirra gave him a corned beef sandwich, and Young decided to stick it in his pocket and take it along.
You know, just to see what would happen.
He surprised Grissom with it, and his partner took a few bites before the sandwich started to fall apart.
NASA wasn’t happy, because the crumbs from the sandwich could have caused trouble with the ship’s mechanics, though everything turned out fine.
At least, they did until Congress got wind of the situation – they were upset because taxpayer money had been spent on “official food” that was supposed to be evaluated.
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Spoiler alert: a few bites of cold corned beef did not spoil anyone’s appetite.
Young was reprimanded, NASA implemented new rules as far as what astronauts could bring on flights, and Young was reportedly peeved that his stupid sandwich got more attention than all of the hard work and achievements of the men on board.
I guess that’s what you get when you fly by the seat of your corned beef-laden pants.
He died in 2018 at the ripe old age of 87.
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Science nerds are some of the most interesting people, mostly because they usually have an innate curiosity about how the world works, and they love exploring new questions and ideas.
Recently, one person wondered what the record for the fastest-moving manmade object is… and then decided to research the topic until they found the answer.
Because why not? It can be really fun to dig around online and in books until you fully understand a topic or event.
It turns out the fastest object is a manhole cover that was launched via nuclear detonation, and that manhole cover can travel very, very quickly.
You might not even believe just how fast it can go!
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Funnily enough, the manhole cover was traveling at such a high speed that it didn’t get caught in our orbit, which means it’s still out there.
It’s pretty wild to imagine that a manhole cover is just rocketing around in space, probably getting faster and faster in the process.
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If you haven’t figured it out yet, this thing was moving really, really fast.
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Like… super fast. It’s impossible to overstate this fact.
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In fact, it’s going to so fast that one person theorized it could even anger some aliens if they encounter it.
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It is pretty amazing to think that such an everyday item could be launched into space and travel that quickly!
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Astronomers who work on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey have released a brand-new 3D map of the entire universe.
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey is a decades-long project that has only had one goal: to map the universe. Now, it seems that they’ve managed to produce the largest-ever map to date.
Over 100 scientists have been working on the project, and the mapped over two million galaxies and quasars while doing so.
The scientists placed the Earth at the center of the map.
We are located at the center of this map. As we look out in distance, we look back in time.
When looking at this map, we see the light that is arriving on Earth from other galaxies. That light takes a long time to reach our planet. For example, it takes 2.5 million years from light from the Andromeda Galaxy to reach us here on our planet.
The map also shows other galaxies that are different distances from our home planet.
The scientists also explain that they use a “cosmic distance ladder” to figure out how far away a galaxy is.
This method depends on making accurate measurements of distances to nearby galaxies and then moving to galaxies farther and farther away, using their stars as milepost markers.
Astronomers use these values, along with other measurements of the galaxies’ light that reddens as it passes through a stretching universe, to calculate how fast the cosmos expands with time, a value known as the Hubble constant.
All of this going over your head a bit? Yeah, us too.
So here’s a video to explain more…
Isn’t this information amazing? Don’t forget to share the map with your friends, and let us know what you think about it in the comments!
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Astronauts Mark Lee and Jan Davis married in secret 9 months before their joint flight to the ISS and didn’t tell NASA until it was too late to train replacements. They are the only married couple to have ever flown in space together.
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I sound like a broken record, but we think it’s really important to keep showering you with quality facts because you always need to keep learning!
You shouldn’t stop being curious about the world after high school, or after college, or after age 40. I know people who are in their 70s who love to read about new subjects because they know how rewarding it is to be a lifelong learner.
So in the spirit of always learning, here are 10 facts that we think you will find incredibly interesting.
Enjoy!
That does not sound like fun…
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Drives me insane.
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And here I thought it was my mother-in-law’s voice! Hey o!
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And also fascinating!
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Ugh. I’m sick of all viruses…
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What do you think?
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Isn’t nature just great?
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That is ENORMOUS. Wow!
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I didn’t know that!
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Cheech and Chong for President and Vice President! Think it might happen…?
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Space is full of different shapes, sizes, and colors. There’s the vibrant blue of Earth’s oceans, the cheese-like exterior of the moon, the octopus-esque tentacles of galaxies — the list goes on and on.
Scientists also use the word “flocculent” to describe some galaxies, including one recently captured by the camera on the NASA?ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Translated into English, flocculent basically means fluffy.
Yes, that’s right, the world’s pre-eminent researchers and scientists just described a galaxy as fluffy! And just look at how adorable this fluffy little guy really is:
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This striking photograph shows a galaxy that goes by the name NGC 2275. It’s far, far away from us here on Earth, located 67 million light-years away. It’s situated within the Cancer constellation.
NASA noted its “delicate, feathery nature,” which you can see super clearly from this crisp image. Those spiral arms are made up of millions of young stars, contrasted with lanes of dark space dust. The stars are young and hot, which makes them appear blue.
According to NASA….
“Complexes of these hot, blue stars are thought to trigger star formation in nearby gas clouds.
The overall feather-like spiral patterns of the arms are then formed by shearing of the gas clouds as the galaxy rotates.”
The space agency says that the fluffiness also indicates relatively quiet star formation in the galaxy.
NASA says,
“There is virtually no star formation in the central part of the galaxy, which is dominated by an unusually large and relatively empty galactic bulge, where all the gas was converted into stars long ago.”
How cool is that? The Hubble telescope has really opened up our ability to analyze and understand space, including these interesting little details.
What’s your favorite element of space? Do you have a particular planet or feature that you’re particularly partial to for some reason?
We’d love to hear from you!
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It’s important to be curious about our planet and to always want to learn more about this special place that we inhabit.
That’s why I like to call myself a “lifelong learner.”
And I think it’s something that we should all strive for! Don’t you?
Let’s keep the train a-rollin’ with another great set of facts that will make you think and will definitely arouse your curiosity.
Enjoy!
I love a good nap!
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We need to make this happen again.
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Let’s be friends, okay?
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And they never will.
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She was a wild child.
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He was a true gangster.
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That’s pretty wild.
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“The ones who help humans.”
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This is good news!
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I hope they don’t have too many problems…
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Those facts are great, don’t you think?
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In the comments, please share an interesting fact or a fascinating article or story that you’ve seen lately.
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