10 Most Amazing Facts About Space That You Don’t Know
These are the most incredible facts you probably never thought of. And its all happening right now.
- Ever heard of a process called cold welding? It’s a process when two metals are stuck together in space. Two pieces of metal without coating on them will then begin to form as one. It’s not a big problem to space stations because their already coated with material from Earth.
- Did you know the sound of the sunspots can sing? Scientists believe that sunspot activity might be the reason for the beautiful sound of stringed violins. Antonio Stradivari, a famous violin maker, made the most special voilin ever in his life and it was the most beautiful sound that everyone ever heard. And the sunspots—they sound 3 times better.
- Can you believe that Earth has at least 4 moons? In 1986, Duncan Waldron discovered an asteroid, about 5 kilometers across, that is gradually orbiting around the sun with a period of revolution that is similar to Earth and it seems to be following Earth. The three other asteroids have an unusual relationship with Earth as well. These asteroids enters Earths orbit and begins to revolve it. Of course you won’t see it out at night, because it’s too far away.
- Uranus was also called George’s Star. Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus and was given the honor to name it George’s Star.
- Most people think that the Big Dipper is a constellation, but it is not! It is believed to be an asterism. An asterism can be one of the brightest stars. The Big Dipper is also one of the seven brightest stars in the Great Bear constellation.
- Ever heard of solar diet? Well, the sun loses up to a billion of grams a second due to solar winds .Solar winds are charged particles that are naturally given off by the sun. Scientists don’t know why, but it has something to do with the high temperature.
- The light hitting Earth right now is at least a third of the sun’s age. When the sun’s core was born, the light would travel through atoms.30,000 years ago, when the sun was at least half its size, the sunlight use to reach Earth 8 minutes because it took most of its time passing through dense particles found in the sun.
- Did you know that the moon is slowly drifting away from us 3.8 cm every year? And the Earth is also slowing in rotation .002 seconds per day per century.
- Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is constantly moving through space at the spinning rate of 225 kilometers a second and traveling through space at 305 kilometers. So, every second, we are moving through space at the speed of 530 kilometers per second.
- Saturn’s density is so low that if you put it into a glass of water, it would float.
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13 Responses to “10 Most Amazing Facts About Space That You Don’t Know”
On September 4, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Wow…..thats all i can say
On November 16, 2008 at 6:43 am
Interesting information, but ruined by bad grammar.
1. …It’s not a big problem to space stations because their already coated with material from Earth.
Don’t you mean “… THEY’RE coated …”
3 … “These asteroids enters Earths orbit “
These asteroids ENTER Earth’s orbit
7. …”the sunlight use to reach Earth 8 minutes”…
the sunlight used to reach earth IN 8 minutes
and some others I’ll leave you to find.
On November 16, 2008 at 8:44 pm
i cant even understand half of it. Does the writer even speak english, or was that all translated by babelfish?
“Antonio Stradivari, a famous violin maker, made the most special voilin ever in his life and it was the most beautiful sound that everyone ever heard. And the sunspots—they sound 3 times better.”
umm, what???
“The Big Dipper is also one of the seven brightest stars in the Great Bear constellation.”
…
study some english, or write it in your own language
On November 29, 2008 at 6:00 pm
#9
Relative to what?
On December 9, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Simply the most stunning example of horrible English on the interwebs
On December 23, 2008 at 10:38 am
You people are pathetic! If you want a perfectly written scientifically accurate paper go read some journals some place else. This guy just posted some facts that he is amazed by and I found it very interesting. You sad low lives. Go bully sum1 else.
On February 27, 2009 at 4:53 pm
why dont u stop saying we are low lives when ur visiting the page u reet.
On June 1, 2009 at 12:18 am
Isn’t it funny how people encourage and nurture ignorance?
They point out the terrible grammar of something produced for the public to READ and someone somehow finds that offensive.
How dare we be smart and observant! The nerve of us…
On June 2, 2009 at 10:32 am
ok man r u a geek
On June 15, 2009 at 9:56 am
NOT JOHN ur rite man!!!!!these facts r amazing bt these ppl gav stupid comments……!!!!
On July 2, 2009 at 8:36 am
JUST CHILL OUT!!!!!!!!!!!
On August 14, 2009 at 2:40 pm
so the guy made some mistakes…big deal. if you people think you’re so smart, then why not use what little common sense it takes to understand what he’s saying. “how dare we be smart and observant.” downwitheducation, you’re neither of these, and insult those who are. get back to class before you get detention. why do you try to discourage people by throwing technical jargon in their faces?
On September 30, 2009 at 12:25 pm
oh man ignore them. must be some stupid kids who dropped school and spending time criticizing others! go watch teletubbies instead of posting silly comments in here losers!
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