Last month I had almost 500 views. I was just wondering, if maybe you guys could help me spread this blog out.
I have to admit, the post till now with the most views was the one about the top music, but I think that was the one where I asked you guys to share your ideas with me.
Although not many comments came, I still wanted to thank you. Keep up the good work, and I hope you enjoy my posts in the future too.
Now let's get us up to 1000 views. And don't forget to share! (There are lots of share buttons on the right, so you just need to click)
And now, back to the business at hand.
Today we will be relearning some stuff about space. Since I've been reading a science magazine, I thought it would be nice to share some stuff I came upon.
1. How many stars are out there?
A good question, too. Let's see what we know. There are about 100 billion galaxies in the universe. These galaxies have around 400 billion stars each. You can do the maths from here on, tho I'm not going to stop here with the numbers. Our galaxy, The Milky Way is not a big galaxy at all. It only has around 100 billion stars. If you were to count all the stars at a rate of one star per second, it will take you around 3000 years to count them all.
2. What are the strangest things found in the outer space?
I think every single object found in outer space is a reason to celebrate. Since they are probably all unique, it's quite a lot to take in. The most interesting ones, tho, are as they follow.Hypervelocity Stars - If you ever went to school you probably learned that the shooting stars you wish upon are not actually stars, but meteors. Now, the thing that probably no one told you is, that there ARE shooting stars out there, though there are as rare as one in 100 billion. The first star as such was discovered in 2005, and it was careening out of a galaxy at nearly 530 miles per second (10 times faster than ordinary star movement).
Diamond planets - Now there are a bunch of interesting kind of planets out there (even though science fiction could only come up with a few of them, like the planet of water and the planet of fire... geez) Apparently, one of them is made up of pure diamond. What is now a planet used to actually be a star. When it decided it was old enough to go out with a bang, it split in two. One of the parts became a white dwarf, and was just at the right place in the right time to give everything to his bigger brother, besides his carbon core.
Gigantic rain clouds - Now you might be laughing your ass off. After all, who the hell actually thinks that there is water in space? Well, scientists actually found a huge water cloud floating out there. It's about 100000 times bigger than the sun, and it holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
Cold stars - Ask any kid about the sun, and their first answer will probably be, that it's hot. Well, from now on, you can't actually define a star with the word "hot" in it. Scientists already stumbled on a couple of stars out there that are no more than 25 degrees Celsius (80 Fahrenheit... dammit, U.S, why can't you be normal?). I'm not sure why they are actually called stars at this moment though... probably the guy who treated Pluto didn't get the memo yet.
Crack in the universe - If you watched the latest Doctor Who season you probably know about the crack. This time though, it's not fiction. You can read more about it here. Probably best to check it out there, because it has cool pics too ;)
3. How big is our Solar system and everything in it compared to other things out there?
Let's start off with comparing the Sun to the size of the Earth. Our sun is actually 109 times bigger than Terra. If you would put all the stuff in our solar system together, 99 percent of that would still be the Sun. So, don't you believe that crap teachers tell you, about the Sun being little. It's not. The thing is there are even bigger things out there. Like the Canis Majoris. It's about 2 735 884 800 kilometers in diameter (Around 1.7 billion miles). It's so big, its own light has to travel eight hours to reach its other side. (This reminds me... Yo momma is so fat... ) Scientists are giving it around 100000 more years, until it actually explodes. I'm hoping to be somewhere on the TARDIS at that time.4. How many moons are there in our solar system?
Well , let's see. First off Mercury and Venus are poor, they have none. Mars has two, Jupiter, has 63, Saturn 61, Uranus 27 (I just read that Uranus was named George's star before... get it? Uranus was George's star? You're... oh just forget it), Neptune 13, and because I pity Pluto, I'll list him too. Pluto has 3. Now what did I forget? Right, Earth. Earth has at least four moons. Heh, no, just kidding. Earth has a single moon, but there are at least four moons till now that travel around the universe on the same orbit as Earth does.
If you take a look at this picture, Earth is the blue one with the X in it. Cruithne, which is fainter than Pluto and would require at least a 12.5 inch reflecting telescope to attempt to be seen, is the one with the yellow orbit. Because of it's strange behavior it's sometimes referred at as Earths second moon. Since it's discovery there were spotted three more "moons" like this one around Earth.5. What would a human experience in space?
There are quite a few things that astronauts have to get used to as much as possible before attempting to going out in space. First off, nearly every astronaut will experience space sicknesscaused by the wildly confusing information reaching their inner ears. In addition to nausea, symptoms include headaches and trouble locating your own limbs. Just like college, really. In weightlessness, fluids shift upward, causing nasal congestion and a puffy face; bones lose calcium, forming kidney stones, and muscles atrophy, slowing the bowels and shrinking the heart.
You will also find, that in space you can't burp, because the gases can't separate from the fluid in your stomach. Also, people who snore on earth will sleep silently in space.
The shuttle commode requires that astronauts align themselves precisely in the dead center of the seat. A mock-up of the shuttle toilet, complete with built-in camera, is used to train them how to position themselves. NASA actually tried building a bathroom into its space suits— a fitted condom attached to a bladder for men, a molded gynecological insert for women— but gave up and passed out diapers to all.
It's probably all worth it for people with a Napoleon complex. In zero gravity pressure will decrease on your spine, so you will probably be taller with about two inches.
And now let's see what would happen to people who would be exposed to the outer space without a protection suit. First off, they will not explode, like in the movies. Let's just fix that.
The best thing you could probably do if you ever get into that situation, is not to hold your breath. You have to exhale greatly, because of the sudden decompression. If you don't, your lungs would rupture and air bubbles will get into your blood vessels. You will also not freeze to death. The water would spontaneously vaporize, so the moisture in the eyes, mouth and your tissues will evaporate. Your skin will probably have severe burns due to exposure to the sun's or any nearby star's radiation.
Because there is no air pressure, your lungs will start to work in reverse. The Oxygen will be forced back into the lungs from your blood, so it would take you about 2 terrifying moments to suffocate.
Not really worth it after that, is it?
Anyways, before I close this post up, I wanted to propose something new again. Since there are so many videos on YouTube with comment questions, I thought it would be nice to have something like that here too. Only, instead of me asking something from you, it will be reversed. Ask me anything, and I will attempt to answer it. Hit me with your best questions.
