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I've always loved to read about outer space. It amazes me. The infinite size, the beauty it posesses. I'm hoping that someone has links to some cool shit... I just like to read about shit like this...
1. The gravitational pull of a black hole is so strong that nothing--not even light--can escape from it. That's why it's black, or rather, has a complete absence of color.
2. Major storms are common on Jupiter. Its most famous storm, the Great Red Spot, has been raging since telescopes were first aimed at the planet centuries ago.
Check this picture out:
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3. Mars is home to the largest known volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons. It is 26 km (16 mi) high (almost twice as high as Earth's Mount Everest) and covers an area about as large as the state of Arizona.
4. The surface temperature on Venus is extremely hot--about 462°C (864°F); hot enough to melt lead. To put this in perspective: lead melts at 328°C (662°F).
5. To reach outer space, you need to travel at least 80 km (50 mi) beyond Earth's surface.
6. The Voyager probes (launched in 1977) yielded some surprising information about Jupiter's moons. The most surprising discovery was that Io is covered with active volcanoes spewing ice and sulfur compounds into space. Io was the first celestial body other than Earth found to be geologically active.
7. Comets are icy wanderers that populate the solar system's outermost reaches. These "dirty snowballs" are chunks of ice and dust. When a comet ventures into the inner solar system, some of its ice evaporates.
8. In the vacuum of space, objects become intensely hot when exposed to the Sun and extremely cold when in the shadow of Earth or some other body.
9. The brightest star in the sky is Sirius. It is 51 trillion miles away from Earth, and is one of the closest stars to Earth. Another name for Sirius is Dog Star.
One of the CLOSEST starts... it's 51 trillion miles away!!!! AMAZING.
10. Neptune has the fastest winds in the solar system, reaching speeds of 2,000 km/hr (1,200 mi/hr).
I haven't taken an astronomy class in college... It would probably be pretty interesting.
My theory is that Stars are spirits of people in Heaven. Feeling absolute euphoria, explosions of love bursting in an unbelievable proportion, falling towards Earth to live as humans again. The better you are in life, the further from Earth (or your next planet to live) you fall from. Some take millions of years to fall. Anyone with me on this? I don't see Heaven as people, I don't think that we sit around in Heaven and have dinners with our family members and such. Rather, it is an exquisite feeling of love and joy, radiating your love on all the souls of Earth.
On any note, feel free to drop in your ideas, or cool links!
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1. The gravitational pull of a black hole is so strong that nothing--not even light--can escape from it. That's why it's black, or rather, has a complete absence of color.
2. Major storms are common on Jupiter. Its most famous storm, the Great Red Spot, has been raging since telescopes were first aimed at the planet centuries ago.
Check this picture out:
http://encarta.msn.com/find/MediaMax.asp?pg=3&ti=761563540&idx=461534148
MSN Shopping Featured Offer
ultimate compact telescope
$199.00
RedEnvelope
Do any of you have a telescope?? See cool shit?
3. Mars is home to the largest known volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons. It is 26 km (16 mi) high (almost twice as high as Earth's Mount Everest) and covers an area about as large as the state of Arizona.
4. The surface temperature on Venus is extremely hot--about 462°C (864°F); hot enough to melt lead. To put this in perspective: lead melts at 328°C (662°F).
5. To reach outer space, you need to travel at least 80 km (50 mi) beyond Earth's surface.
6. The Voyager probes (launched in 1977) yielded some surprising information about Jupiter's moons. The most surprising discovery was that Io is covered with active volcanoes spewing ice and sulfur compounds into space. Io was the first celestial body other than Earth found to be geologically active.
7. Comets are icy wanderers that populate the solar system's outermost reaches. These "dirty snowballs" are chunks of ice and dust. When a comet ventures into the inner solar system, some of its ice evaporates.
8. In the vacuum of space, objects become intensely hot when exposed to the Sun and extremely cold when in the shadow of Earth or some other body.
9. The brightest star in the sky is Sirius. It is 51 trillion miles away from Earth, and is one of the closest stars to Earth. Another name for Sirius is Dog Star.
One of the CLOSEST starts... it's 51 trillion miles away!!!! AMAZING.
10. Neptune has the fastest winds in the solar system, reaching speeds of 2,000 km/hr (1,200 mi/hr).
I haven't taken an astronomy class in college... It would probably be pretty interesting.
My theory is that Stars are spirits of people in Heaven. Feeling absolute euphoria, explosions of love bursting in an unbelievable proportion, falling towards Earth to live as humans again. The better you are in life, the further from Earth (or your next planet to live) you fall from. Some take millions of years to fall. Anyone with me on this? I don't see Heaven as people, I don't think that we sit around in Heaven and have dinners with our family members and such. Rather, it is an exquisite feeling of love and joy, radiating your love on all the souls of Earth.
On any note, feel free to drop in your ideas, or cool links!
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