Light travels from the Sun to the Earth in less than 10 minutes.
The Photons emitted from the Sun’s surface travel at the speed of light to reach our eyes in only 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
2013
Dosing food in radiation for preservation and sterilization.
Found to be completely safe, there is a large resistance to it because of the negative impression of radiation
2020
There are 88 recognized star constellations in our night sky.
These 88 constellations cover the Earth’s night sky and can be observed from the southern and northern hemispheres.
2012
We know more about Mars and our Moon than we do about our oceans.
We have fully mapped 100% of the surface of Mars and Earth’s Moon, whereas we have only been able to map roughly 5% of the ocean floor.
2009
The statue of Nemesis (goddess who punishes the arrogant) in Marathon, Greece.
Was carved from marble the Persians had brought to the battle with the intention of carving a monument to their victory
2020
in 1918, Alice Catherine Evan warned that raw milk should be pasteurized.
met with skepticism because she was a woman. During the 1920s, scientists around the world made the same findings
2020
Robbers Cave Experiment.
This experiment, which studied group conflict, is considered by most to be outside the lines of what is considered ethical
2008
The problematic Hawthorne Effect.
a simple premise that human subjects in an experiment change their behavior simply because they are being studied
2020
pens won’t work in space.
Normal pens work by gravity pulling the ink towards the pen’s nib. As there’s no gravity in space, the ink doesn’t get pulled to the nib.
2020
Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story has actually been to outer space.
Buzz Lightyear spent 15 months on board the International Space Station, and returned to Earth on the 11th September, 2009
2008
Mars is the most likely planet in our solar system to be hospitable to life.
In 1996, NASA found what they believe may be fossils of microscopic living organisms in a rock recovered from the surface
2020
Pluto is named after the Roman god of the underworld, not the Disney Dog.
The name for the planet was suggested by Venetia Burney,at the time an eleven-year old British schoolgirl
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There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand in the world.
There are 10 times more stars in the night sky, with 70 sextillion stars being visible.
2012
Stars twinkle because light is disrupted as it passes through Earth’s atmosphere.
Their light must pass through pockets of Earth's atmosphere that vary in temperature and density
2012
in 1974, a trainee who failed to become a US Army pilot stole a helicopter.
He intended to personally surrender to President Nixon, and landed on the South Lawn of the white house
2020
The center of the Milky Way smells like rum & tastes like raspberries.
Discovered by the IRAM radio telescope, a chemical called ethyl formate which gives rum its distinct smell and raspberries their distinct flavor.
2020
