Jun 24, 2021

Random Thursday

 

We've only a few weeks left in the space chapter of True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t by Shane Carley. What will we learn today...?


(image borrowed from Wikipedia)

Did you know that Jupiter is bigger than the rest of the planets in our solar system combined?!


Whoa! This I did not know!



(image borrowed from Space)

For some reason, Uranus is tilted 90 degrees on its side and rotates on its side. Its poles face the sun and its equator is perpendicular to the sun! 


Totally oddball! Why don't I remember these things from school?! Lol.



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Did you know that the coldest place in the universe is on Earth? Scientists created an artificial environment where the temperature is 0.000000000001 degrees Kelvin. It's the closest to absolute zero we can get!



(image borrowed from Britannica)

Did you know that there are stars are more luminous than the sun? Some have been discovered to be 8-10 million times more luminous than the sun!



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Many people think the first living creature to die in space was a cat, it was actually a dog.


Yeah, the rest was too sad. So I'll save you guys the tears that I had to shed because I read the whole thing! :(








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