The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is the first sophisticated optical observatory placed into orbit around Earth. It’s entirely above the atmosphere and receives images of much greater brightness, clarity, and detail than ground-based telescopes with comparable optics. Take a look below for 30 interesting and awesome facts about the Hubble Space telescope. 1. The NASA…
22 Fun And Interesting Facts About The Big Bang Theory
Why are we here? What’s the meaning of life? Where are we all heading to? Of course, these are all huge questions to ask. While many people look to faith and religion for answers, many also look towards science for physical evidence as to how our universe first began. The fact is, even decades on…
19 Interesting And Bizarre Facts About Meteorites
Have you ever watched a meteor shower streak across the sky at night? When a meteor enters the Earth’s atmosphere it can glow even brighter than the planet Venus! Looking for some information about these otherworldly rocks? Take a look below for 19 interesting and bizarre facts about meteorites. 1. Meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite have…
25 Interesting And Amazing Facts About Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral is a cape and city in Brevard county, east-central Florida, USA. The cape is a seaward extension of Canaveral Island, a barrier island running south-eastward along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Take a look below for 25 interesting and amazing facts about Cape Canaveral. 1. Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León visited Cape Canaveral…
26 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About The Solar System
The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system made up of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly. Of all the objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest eight are the planets, with the remainder being smaller objects, such as dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies. Take a…
28 Fascinating And Bizarre Facts About Black Holes
Black holes are regions of spacetime exhibiting such a strong gravitational effect that nothing, not even particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light, can escape from inside it. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole. Take a look below for 28 more fascinating…
31 Fascinating And Interesting Facts About The Planet Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only objects in the universe that is known to harbor life. According to radiometric dating and other sources of evidence, Earth formed over 4 billion years ago. Take a look below for 31 more fascinating and interesting facts about the planet Earth. 1. Earth revolves…
30 Fun And Fascinating Facts About Neptune
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It’s the fourth largest planet by diameter, the third most massive planet and the densest giant planet in our Solar System. Neptune has the mass 17 times greater than the Earth and is slightly more massive than Uranus. Take a…
30 Fun And Interesting Facts About The Planet Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It had the third largest planetary radius and the fourth largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus has a similar composition of Neptune, and both have different bulk chemical compositions from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. Take a look below for 30…
31 Fun And Interesting Facts About The Planet Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second biggest planet in the Solar System, right after Jupiter. This gas giant has an average radius that’s 9 times that of Earth. It has only one eighth the average density of Earth, but with its bigger volume, Saturn is over 95 times bigger. Take…