If the atomic bomb is a 40s technology, why didn’t any other country like Iran or Iraq for example manage to make one in a matter of one day?
Uranium 235 is the magic stuff that makes nuclear weapons possible. It’s not the most common isotope of Uranium though, not by a long-shot. You can order a chunk…
What is the largest size a planet can be?
320 light years away is a star called HD 100546. In 2014, the discovery of a new exoplanet around it was announced. Creatively, it was named “HD 100546…
Why is Uranus the only planet without interesting features on it?
You may be thinking of this picture: taken in the visible spectrum by Voyager 2 as it passed the planet in 1986. And I would agree with you:…
Why is New York called that? Was there just a York before?
Yes, there was an ancient city in northern England called York, still is—The English needed to mark their territory in 1664 when they grabbed—New Amsterdam from the Dutch—King…
Is the Australian Outback really that desolate?
Yeah, it is. Lol.Or at least parts of it are but its a continent.A very big country.Those parts are larger than European countries but foreigners seem to like…
Can you blow my mind with a space fact?
Here’s one that blew my mind not that long ago when I read about it. I wrote about this before. As an amateur astronomer who has been looking…
Was the Battleship Yamato really that big compared to other WW2 battleships?
It was absolutely huge. The USS Texas that served in Both world wars was 532 feet long and 27,000 tons. The USS South Dakota and North Carolina classes…
What is the most remote monument on the planet?
Elephant island, in the Antarctic Ocean, has this one To the Chilean naval officer who rescued the survivors of a British 1914 Antarctic expedition. It is about 500km,…
What are the most extravagant and least known animals on the planet?
This is the Aye-Aye. It only lives in Madagascar. The dumbo octopus. The gerenuk, an antelope from East Africa Cantor’s giant soft-shell turtle The Panda ant. Its bite…
Was it really necessary to rename the Gulf of Mexico?
Let me start with the elephant in the room. I am neither American nor Mexican so I have no stake in the naming/renaming game. My opinion about the…