I'm the kind of person that likes hearing weird facts, especially ones about the universe and earth. I think there's a word for that?
Oh.
Geek.
Here's the link for the facts I read: http://space.about.com/od/humor/a/AstronomyFacts.htm
I will talk about my reactions to some of these facts, but I also encourage you to google search facts about astronomy... or even your favorite study, there's some really interesting stuff at your disposal!
The first fact is about how only 5% of our universe is matter, and the rest is dark matter and dark energy. Kind of interesting to think that we think we see all that is out there, but it's really only a small portion that we see. Click the link to dark matter and dark energy on about.com's website, also some interesting stuff there.
The second fact is pretty much impossible for me to comprehend. You're telling me a soup-bowl portion of this star would have more mass then our moon? The densest thing I can think of is like... lead.
Light can't escape from a black hole. Hmm. I didn't know light could even be "sucked-up" like that. A later blog post might go into more depth on black holes!
According to fact #6 you can see the past without a video camera. Who knows how many stars have already died but we just don't know about it yet because the light hasn't reached us? Weird to think about.
Could you imagine if our planet was anything like mercury? Nighttime extremely long and cold, while the other side of the planet is being scorched. Ouch. We're lucky we have a good atmosphere here on earth
That's it for today's post. Hope you enjoyed the facts!
"10 Strange and Amazing Astronomy Facts." About.com Space / Astronomy. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.
Works Cited
"10 Strange and Amazing Astronomy Facts." About.com Space / Astronomy. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.
I thought this was a very interesting blog post. It was cool to learn all of those facts. I like how you formatted your post. Really kept my attention.
ReplyDeleteI really love reading your blog, in highschool I took an astronomy class and it was very interesting. I come to your blog to read about each of your posts because i find this subject very interesting. I also can appreciate you getting facts right because esecially in astronomy there seems to be so many facts that just arent backed up or real. You do a great job with your blog
ReplyDeleteI like your blogging and your design of the blog website. I also like all the cool and fun facts that you have found in your field of study. Many of these facts are very interesting and i can see why you choose this career field. It is always changing, and learning new information before anyone else. It looks very interesting and I cannot wait to hear more about it
ReplyDeleteThe only astronomy class I've taken was my senior year of high school. I found the universe interesting, but didn't know much about it. Now I enjoy reading crazy facts like the ones you posted. The one that really made me think was the first one. I knew the universe was big, but this just blew my mind.
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