Surely each of us at least once in his life wondered, looking into the starry sky - what is there, beyond our Earth? Are there brothers in mind in these endless expanses? We are not talking about the sacramental question "Is there life on Mars?".

 

About black holes, wandering planets and other space facts - in short and accessible language

 

Of course, from school textbooks on astronomy, we remember something about our Universe, but over time, if you do not get carried away with this subject, knowledge is forgotten. But that's not the point. It's just that new facts about space are constantly being discovered - from a mega-huge void to "Planet Nine". Or, for example, have you heard about white holes? We were not mistaken, it was about whites (you probably already know about blacks anyway). And how long do you think a person can stay in outer space without a spacesuit?

 

Do you want to know? Then read our selection. We promise: you will learn a lot for yourself.

 

 

1. Any freely moving fluid in outer space will turn into a sphere.

 

2. The mass of the Sun occupies 99.86% of our solar system.

 

3. The biggest black hole - Monster Black Hole.

 

4. If a star passes too close to a black hole, it can be torn apart.

 

5. The gravity of Jupiter attracts a large percentage of asteroids, and this protects us from cosmic collisions.

 

6. Saturn would float in water if there was a suitable container.

 

7. We know more about Mars and our Moon than we do about our oceans.

 

8. There are more stars in the Universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches of the Earth. That's at least a billion trillion!

 

9. Earth's Moon is the fifth largest moon in the solar system.

 

10. Metallic snow and sulfuric acid rain on Venus.

 

11. Scientists have discovered a 1 billion light-year-wide void in space that could be a parallel universe.

 

12. Saturn has a huge extra ring that was only discovered in 2009.

 

 

13. About once a year, an asteroid the size of a car enters the Earth's atmosphere, but it burns up before it reaches us.

 

14. Neutron stars can rotate 600 times per second.

 

15. More than a million Earths can fit inside the Sun, and the Sun is considered a medium-sized star.

 

16. Comets are the remnants of the creation of our solar system about 4.5 billion years ago, they are composed of sand, ice and carbon dioxide.

 

17. There is a planet made of diamonds.

 

18. About 1.4 billion years ago, a day on Earth lasted only 18 hours and 41 minutes.

 

19. The International Space Station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes.

 

20. For many years, it was believed that the Earth was the only planet in our solar system with liquid water. Most recently, NASA presented the most compelling evidence that Mars also periodically flows water!

 

21. The International Space Station (ISS) is the size of a football field.

 

22. More than 4,000 exoplanets are known, and their number continues to grow.

 

 

23. Mercury is still contracting.

 

24. At the edge of the solar system there may be a huge planet, nicknamed "Planet Nine".

 

25. Stars twinkle because light is distorted as it passes through the Earth's atmosphere.

 

26. Pluto is smaller than the United States.

 

27. The first living mammal to go into space was a dog named Laika from Russia.

 

28. There is complete silence in space, because there is no air in space - this is a vacuum.

 

29. At the center of the Milky Way galaxy are tens of thousands of black holes.

 

30. The largest known asteroid is 940 km wide.

 

31. Saturn has 83 known moons and the number continues to grow.

 

32. There are 2,000,000,000,000 galaxies in the observable universe.

 

33. Gamma-ray bursts can release more energy in 10 seconds than our Sun in its entire 10 billion years of its life.

 

 

34. Shooting stars are space junk that burns up as they enter the Earth's atmosphere.

 

35. If you drill a tunnel through the Earth and jump into it, you will reach the other side in 42 minutes and 12 seconds.

 

36. The estimated cost of a NASA spacesuit made in 1974 is between $15 million and $22 million per unit.

 

37. If two pieces of the same type of metal come into contact in space, they will forever unite.

 

38. On Titan, the satellite of Saturn, there are also lakes. The liquid in Titan's lakes is not water, but a substance called methane.

 

39. The moon has the shape of a lemon.

 

40. To date, more than 600 people have been in space.

 

41. The sun makes a complete revolution once every 25-35 days.

 

42. We always see the same side of the Moon, no matter where we are on Earth.

 

 

43. There is a planet in our galaxy where the daytime temperature is almost 1093.333 degrees Celsius, and it may be raining glass horizontally.

 

44. Halley's Comet won't orbit Earth again until 2061.

 

45. Planets can wander in space without a parent star.

 

46. Only 5% of the Universe is visible from Earth.

 

47. You can't walk on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune because they don't have a solid surface!

 

48. If you could fly a plane to Pluto, the journey would take over 800 years.

 

49. Black holes have theoretical opposites known as white holes.

 

50. Powerful volcanic eruptions occur on Jupiter's moon Io.

 

51. There are mountains on Pluto.

 

52. One teaspoon of a neutron star would weigh as much as Mount Everest.

 

53. The moon is moving further away from the Earth every year.

 

54. You would last in space for about 15 seconds without a space suit.

 

 

55. Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka spent the most in space - 879 days.

 

56. The rings of Saturn seem to disappear from time to time.

 

57. If you fell into a black hole, you would stretch out like spaghetti.

 

58. The dead skin of your feet flakes off in space.

 

59. The star VY Canis Majoris is the largest star in the universe, its diameter is about 2000 times the diameter of our Sun.

 

60. The hottest planet in our solar system is Venus, whose temperature reaches 464°C.

 

 

The Marshall Islands is a small state lost in the endless ocean. Few people in our country were closely interested in him, and it was completely in vain - this is the land of insane beauty.

The islands were discovered by the Spanish in the first half of the 16th century and were explored by British Captain John Marshall (1788), from whom they received their name. Between 1885 and 1914 they were under German protectorate, and during World War II the area was part of the Japanese first line of defense. In 1944 the islands were conquered by the Americans, who administered them until 1990, when the country gained its independence. On Bikini and Enewetak Islands, the U.S.A. they conducted nuclear experiments.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands is an island state in the Pacific Ocean, north of the Equator, between the Caroline and Hawaii archipelagos, with an area of ​​181 km.

The territory of the country occupies several hundred islands (32 atolls, 867 reefs), arranged in two rows: Ralik in the west and Ratak in the east.

The climate is equatorial, determining a tropical (tree) vegetation, dominated by banana and palm trees, but also a fauna rich in birds, fish.

Bemorepanda collected some more interesting facts:

1. The Republic of the Marshall Islands is actually under the control and jurisdiction of the United States.

2. The archipelago, on which the republic is spread, includes 5 islands and 29 atolls.

3. The Marshall Islands were discovered in 1526.

4. The land area of ​​this state is about 181 square kilometers.

5. Nuclear weapons were tested on two atolls.

6. There are no nature reserves in the Marshall Islands.

7. There are paved roads only on the two largest atolls of the archipelago.

8. The maximum height of the Marshall Islands above sea level is ten meters.

9. The country gained independence only in 1983.

10. It is here, on the Kwajalein Atoll, that the world's largest lagoon is located.

11. In the northern part of the archipelago, the climate is so arid that it receives about the same amount of precipitation as in the American deserts.

12. The Marshall Islands have two official languages ​​- Marshall and English.

13. The currency of the Republic is the US dollar.

14. 98% of the population of the islands are Marshalls.

15. The Marshall Islands maintains diplomatic relations with many countries. With Russia too.

16. Also the Marshall Islands is a member of the United Nations.

17. Subsidies from the United States and other countries account for a large share of the state 

budget.

18. On the territory of the Marshall Islands there are more than two thousand kilometers of highways.

19. Internet and mobile phones are available in the two largest atolls, but they are very poorly distributed.

20. The Marshall Islands publishes two newspapers, one private and one public.

21. The country's islands are significantly distant from each other.

22. In total, the Marshall Islands is home to just over fifty thousand people.

23. The most popular sport in the country is basketball.

24. In 2008, athletes from the Marshall Islands took part in the Olympic Games for the first time, but did not take prizes.

25. There are only two hospitals in the country.