Tag Archives: Space
25 Interesting Facts About International Space Station
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About International Space Station. 1-5 Interesting Facts About International Space Station 1. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station see 15 sunrises and 15 sunsets a day, averaging about one every 45 minutes – Source 2. There is a gun in the International Space Station and it belongs to the Russians.…… Read More »
25 Interesting Facts About Galaxies
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Galaxies. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Galaxies 1. Our own galaxy, The Milky Way has other smaller galaxies known satellites galaxies that orbit around it. – Source 2. These interstellar objects that are smaller than galaxies have been named dwarf galaxies that have several billion stars and there are even…… Read More »
20 Interesting Facts on Radiation
Here are 20 Interesting Facts on Radiation. 1-5 Interesting Facts on Radiation 1. All the American flags placed on the moon are now white due to radiation from the sun. – Source 2. After Radium was discovered by Marie Curie (who died from radiation), people used it in things like condoms, candy, toothpaste, and health…… Read More »
30 Interesting Facts About Moon
Here are 30 Interesting Facts About Moon. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Moon 1. The Blood Moon, or Hunter’s Moon, was given its name because it would illuminate the prey of the hunter, much like the harvest moon allowed the farmers to harvest through the night. – Source 2. Candles were put on cakes originally by…… Read More »
25 Simple Facts that will Mess Your Mind
Here are 25 Simple Facts that will Mess Your Mind. 1-5 Simple Facts to Mess Your Mind 1. At some point, your parents put you down and never picked you up again. 2. You are to yourself what your thoughts are and you are to others what your actions are. 3. If you don’t have…… Read More »
The African country of Zambia…
The African country of Zambia entered the Space Race in the 1960s. The plan was to go to Mars and convert aliens to Christianity. The plans ended when one of the “Afronauts” got pregnant, another pulled-out to join a local dance group, and a third went missing. The post The African country of Zambia… appeared… Read More »
30 Interesting Facts About Star Trek
Here are 30 Interesting Facts About Star Trek 1-5 Interesting Facts About Star Trek 1. When Stephen Hawking guest starred on the Star Trek: The Next Generation, he paused in front of the warp core set piece and remarked, “I’m working on that”. – Source 2. Tim Russ, who played Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager…… Read More »
25 Interesting Facts About Meteorites
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Meteorites. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Meteorites 1. Fantasy author, Sir Terry Pratchett had his own sword forged out of iron ore than he dug out and several pieces of meteorites, when he was knighted. He also forged the sword himself. He hired an expert to tutor him through it,…… Read More »
In 1930, Chandra, an Indian student…
In 1930, Chandra, an Indian student showed mathematically that massive stars explode into a supernova and then collapse down into neutron stars,or black holes. Before that Scientists assumed that all stars collapsed into white dwarfs when they died. Chandra’s theory was ridiculed as ‘absurd’. The post In 1930, Chandra, an Indian student… appeared first on… Read More »
50 years ago, Ham the chimp was….
50 years ago, Ham the chimp was launched into space, where he experienced up to 14.7g during a six-minute freefall. He survived his ocean splashdown (although he nearly drown before rescue crews arrived) and lived 20 more years at a zoo in Washington D.C. The post 50 years ago, Ham the chimp was…. appeared first… Read More »