It is said that Voyager 1 will leave the Solar System and travel through interstellar space. Will it not be destroyed when it hits the Oort cloud?
As the late Douglas Adams pointed out: “Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.” So here is the thing:…
If we had to leave Earth, but we could only go somewhere within our solar system, where would we go (excluding Mars)?
If Earth was going to be completely destroyed by some natural event and we could not send a sample of humanity to Mars (perhaps due to the same…
Why is Mercury not the hottest planet in the Solar System?
Because, Mercury is a near-vacuum, a desolate wasteland with a ghost atmosphere. This is due to a combination of factors: Mercury’s feeble gravitational pull, akin to a dying…
If we live inside the Milky Way Galaxy and no one’s ever left it, how can NASA take pictures of it from the outside?
They can’t. There are no photos from outside the galaxy. Even knowing the precise appearance of the Milky Way is virtually impossible because we can only see it…
Does the planet Jupiter actually have a terrestrial surface to it, like Earth?
Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is often referred to as a gas giant due to its composition, which is predominantly hydrogen and helium. Unlike Earth,…
When the Sun finally eats us, what will the last days on Earth be like?
My friend, Earth will be a hell hole long before we meet the true end. You see, the Sun ain’t getting any younger. It’s a middle-aged star slowly…
What’s so special about Mars that makes it the only planet we want to visit?
Precisely because Mars is the only other planet that won’t actively try to kill us the moment we step out of the landing module. Mars is merely passive-aggressive,…
Is it true that on Saturn’s moon Titan, you could walk around without a pressure suit, just heavy parka and oxygen tanks?
Yes, it is true but for a very limited amount of time! Without a completely airtight, heated suit and heated air supply? No. True, it would not have…
Was the Sagittarius A* black hole ever a star?
Stars with mass more than 150 Solar Masses are believed to be unstable. The radiation pressure from the core would be so high that it would shed the…
What would Jupiter look like to us from Earth if Venus and Jupiter switched spots?
eplace Venus (67 million miles from the sun) with Jupiter, a planet with 390 times the mass of Venus. And roughly 11 times the diameter. Now, you would…