15 Unnerving Facts About the Universe and Its Wonders
15 Unnerving Facts About the Universe and Its Wonders
Sometimes we can feel the smallness of our existence just by looking at the sky. The mysteries of space and the universe make us shudder just by looking at it, and we can't really comprehend what is going on there. Let's take a look at some facts about space and the universe that are terrifying to think about!
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1. If one of the poles of a gamma-ray burst hits Earth, humanity could be wiped off the face of the Earth in an instant!
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2. Another thing with the power to destroy the Earth in one fell swoop is the asteroid called the God of Chaos, which will pass close to Earth in about 20 years.
3. The skull-shaped nebula called 'Rosetta', 65 light years from Earth 👇
4. Don't say space has no odor! Astronauts say that space smells like rotten eggs, burnt metal, etc.
5. The Moon, Earth's satellite, is moving away from our planet by 4 centimeters every year!
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6. You may know that the explosion of massive stars is called a supernova. The temperature of a supernova can reach up to 1 billion degrees Celsius!
7. Did you know that so far we have only discovered 5 percent of the entire universe? We have no idea about the rest!
8. In 1971, three Russian astronauts suffocated to death when an air hatch accidentally opened on the Soyuz 11 spacecraft on the way back.
9. There really is such a thing as 'Vampire Stars'. Only instead of sucking blood, they suck hydrogen and plasma from their victims!
10. The fact that you can't be heard screaming in space is a bit scary...
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11. Enrico Fermi's question "So if there is other life in the universe, where is it, for God's sake?", called the 'Fermi paradox', is still on the agenda...
12. You might think that the constituents of the universe are in the form of dots, but according to string theory, they are in the form of strings!
13. You can survive in space for a maximum of 15 seconds without your astronaut suit
14. The fact that the only thing protecting us from the vacuum of space and the bombardment of radiation is a thin layer of air and gas...
15. A severe solar storm is powerful enough to bring down all the electricity and communication networks on Earth!
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