What is below Earth? I don’t mean the center of Earth. I mean like in the universe.
If we assume (for the sake of simplicity) that North is “up” and South is “down”, then asking “What is below Earth?” is essentially the same as asking,…
How and where did Galileo Galilei die?
In 1631, Galileo’s daughters, both nuns, urged their 66 year old father to retire to a largish villa which was 300 meters away from their convent near Florence,…
Can a human walk in a lifetime the distance to the Moon?
The distance to the moon is 238,900 mi. 382,500 kilometers. So let’s say a person can walk for 70 years. They’d need to walk an average of 3,412…
If the Sun turns into the white dwarf, will it be the end of the Earth?
There is no “if”, there is only “when”. The Earth will most likely be long eaten before our Sun becomes a white dwarf. It’s a damn shame, ain’t…
How close was Britain from losing WW2?
My grandfather was a ww2 vet; he told me that after we got crushed by Hitler he stumbled upon a photograph of british ladies clearing their destroyed homes…
How close to the South Pole do people live?
OK – so the large building in the photo below is where most of the people who live and work at the South pole live. If you zoom…
Were the tanks sent to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease returned after the war?
No, and here’s the deal: pretty much nothing sent through Lend-Lease came back, despite what the “lending” part might suggest. The Soviets got around 7,000 tanks, mostly M4…
What would the Sun look like from Pluto?
The Earth is 150 million kilometers from the Sun. Pluto is 6 billion kilometers away, that is, 40 times farther away. Therefore, the Sun would be seen as…
Has Voyager 2 seen anything new since it left the solar system?
Voyager 2 is one of the most amazing space probes ever launched by NASA. It was sent into space way back in 1977, and it’s still going strong…
Jupiter is a gas giant. Could you fly a rocket through Jupiter and out through the other end?
Not a chance. It’s a common misconception that gas giants are made of gas like our atmosphere, since that’s the only gas that the average person interacts with…