Outer Space & Universe
Outer Space & Universe
Space, also known as outer space, is the near-vacuum between celestial bodies. It is where everything (all of the planets, stars, galaxies and other objects) is found.
On Earth, space begins at the Kármán line (100 km above sea level). This is where Earth's atmosphere is said to stop and outer space begins. This is not a firm boundary but is a convention used by scientists and diplomats.
Items in space are free to move back and forth; up and down; and left and right. These three dimensions are what make 3D space. Items also move forward through time, which is sometimes called the fourth dimension.
The majority of space contains very little matter and so most of it is a vacuum. Scientists do not know how big space is but we do know that space is extremely big, and is always expanding.
According to the big bang theory, all matter and energy in the Universe was compressed into a very small space. Then it exploded and started expanding. Space is still growing in size today; this means the distance from one galaxy to distant galaxies is getting longer.
Gravity is the force that keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth and the planets in orbit around the Sun. Gravity can stretch and bend space similar to how a heavy ball placed on a stretched sheet of rubber will cause the rubber to stretch. The scientist who discovered that space can bend is named Albert Einstein. How gravity bends space is part of his theory of general relativity.
Astronauts, Cosmonauts, Taikonauts and Spationauts
An astronaut is any person who is trained by NASA to travel and perform tasks in space. Although the space traveler may not necessarily be a United States citizen, each astronaut does go through a rigorous training regiment by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Other space travelers go by other names then astronaut depending on their country of origin.
In the United States, astronaut is derived from the Greek words ástron (star) and nautis (sailor). While, in Russia, a space traveler goes by the name космонавт (English: cosmonaut), which is derived from the Greek words kosmos (universe) and nautis (sailor). Westerners call a space traveler from China a taikonaut, based on the 1998 writings of Chiew Lee Yik and Chen Lan where the term tàikōng (great emptiness), Chinese for “space”. In China, the term yuháng yuán (universe navigator) is used for space traveler.
Only the United States of America (United States), Russia (earlier, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), and the People’s Republic of China (China) have sent manned spacecraft into space. Other countries have assisted these countries by sending their own space travelers on space missions. For instance, a French space traveler is called a spationaut (from the French word spationaute), which is derived from the Latin spatium (space) and Greek nautis (sailor). (plural in Greek nautes = sailors)
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“Mars Calling” 4K – Watch the Trailer
Added 171 Views / 0 LikesShould we build communities on Mars? Or leave the red planet alone for science? Some believe Mars is the next home for Humanity. But the real Mars is a trickster; strikingly beautiful, yet sweetly sinister, with a twisted history of fooling observers. The
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Alert! Models on LOCK with a Hurricane hitting South Texas in 7 days.
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NASA (and Drew Barrymore) explains why we should return to the moon
Added 157 Views / 0 LikesNASA explains why we should go back to the moon and what we could do there. Narrated by actress and talk show host Drew Barrymore.Credit: NASA
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Mars Helicopter's scouting mission for Perseverance in color and b&w pics
Added 162 Views / 0 LikesIngenuity "climbed to 32.8 ft (10 m) for a total of 169 seconds and flew ~1,476 ft (~450 m) roundtrip to scout" the South Séítah region for Perseverance on Aug. 16, 2021, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy:
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Alert! Hurricane Season about to be LIT! Solar Storm to hit Earth 26th! Minnesota Fires & Floods!
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'Fastest orbiting asteroid' in our solar system - 5-year time-lapse animated
Added 143 Views / 0 LikesAsteroid 2021 PH27 orbits the sun in 113 days. It has the shortest orbital period of any known asteroid in the Solar System," according to NSF's Noir Labs. Full Story: https://www.space.com/solar-system-fastest-orbiting-asteroid-2021-ph27Credit: NASA/JPL-
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See Earth from Russia's Nauka module window in space
Added 181 Views / 0 LikesRoscosmos astronaut Oleg Novitskiy give a tour of the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module aboard the International Space Station and peers through its window.Credit: Roscosmos | mash mix: Space.com
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Amazing space station time-lapse shows Earth from Baja to South America
Added 162 Views / 0 LikesFly from Baja, California to the west coast of South America in this time-lapse. ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured the footage from the International Space Station. Credit: ESA
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Fissures open in Arizona! TS Henri landfall brings rain & flooding to NE! west c wildfires & snow!
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Tropical Storm Henri seen from space in satellite time-lapse
Added 161 Views / 0 LikesNOAA's GOES-East satellite captured footage of Tropical Storm Henri as it approached landfall in the Northeast United States on Aug. 22, 2021. Astronuats and satellites see Henri from space: https://www.space.com/hurricane-henri-space-photos-by-astronauts
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Our solar system's planets! Size and distance visualized
Added 189 Views / 0 LikesSee how far away the planets from our solar system are from each other and their relative sizes in this visualization. Credit: NASA
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Everything is so wild & dangerous RN. Hurricane Henri. NYC & Tennessee record floods. Blue Moon WTF.
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Blastoff! 34 OneWeb satellites launch atop Arianespace Soyuz rocket
Added 185 Views / 0 LikesOneWeb's Launch 9 mission launched atop an Arianespace Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Aug. 21, 2021. (Aug. 22 local time at Baikonur)Credit: Roscosmos
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Hurricane Henri grows an eye! US State dept hit by cyberattack! West coast wildfires! Eris doomcont!
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Henri is now a Hurricane! a Foot of Rain floods Tennessee! More Hurricanes August 27th-Sept 5th?
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Tropical Storm Henri & Hurricane Grace's landfall seen from space - Aug. 21
Added 183 Views / 0 LikesNOAA's GOES-East satellite captured Tropical Storm Henri over the Atlantic Ocean and Hurricane Grace making landfall in Mexico in this time-lapsed imagery from Aug. 20-21, 2021. Credit: Space.com | Footage Courtesy: CIRA/NOAA | edited by Steve Spaleta (ht
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Supermassive black holes’ ‘radio light’ seen using Low Frequency Array
Added 163 Views / 0 LikesThe LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) has captured 'radio light' from several supermassive black holes in a single observation. LOFAR has antennas in several European countries that can be combined to scan the northern sky. Full Story: https://www.space.com/gal
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Major Hurricane Grace hits Mexico as soon to be Hurricane Henri heads north to NYC & New England.
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Cat 2 Hurricane Henri to hit NE! Coronavirus surges! Wildfires rage! bitcoin rises Elon's humanoids!
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Red Alert! models trend West & Henri could make landfall in NY or NE as Cat 1 or 2 Hurricane.
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