UFO Secret and Mysteries
Welcome
Login / Register

Outer Space & Universe

Date

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)

 

  • 01:01 Recently Rediscovered Asteroid To Fly Between Earth and Moon

    Recently Rediscovered Asteroid To Fly Between Earth and Moon

    by admin Added 386 Views / 0 Likes

    On May 8, 2018, the Catalina Sky Survey observed asteroid 2010 WC9 for the first time since 2010. It has been determined that it will fly 126,419 miles away (203,453 km) on May 15, 2018. Credit: Space.com / orbit animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech / produced and

  • 01:23 Next Mars Rover Will Have Helicopter Companion

    Next Mars Rover Will Have Helicopter Companion

    by admin Added 431 Views / 0 Likes

    The Mars 2020 rover will be joined by the Mars Helicopter. It “will attempt controlled flight in Mars' thin atmosphere,” according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Getting 2020 Mars Rover Mic'd Up: Q&A with Musician Jason Achilles Mezilis:https://www.

  • 53:37 Bangabandhu Satellite-1 Mission

    Bangabandhu Satellite-1 Mission

    by shub Added 319 Views / 0 Likes

    SpaceX is targeting launch of Bangabandhu Satellite-1 on Friday, May 11 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 4:14 p.m. EDT or 20:14 UTC. A backup launch window opens on Saturday, May

  • 03:29 SpaceX Launches Satellite Atop Falcon 9 Block 5 Rocket

    SpaceX Launches Satellite Atop Falcon 9 Block 5 Rocket

    by admin Added 507 Views / 0 Likes

    A Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket launched the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite on May 11, 2018. It was the first launch for the upgraded rocket. Credit: SpaceX

  • 03:22 Touchdown! SpaceX Falcon Block 5 Rocket's First Stage Lands

    Touchdown! SpaceX Falcon Block 5 Rocket's First Stage Lands

    by admin Added 504 Views / 0 Likes

    The upgraded SpaceX rocket landed on the "Of Course I Still Love You" drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean on May 11, 2018. It launched the the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite.Credit: SpaceX

  • 03:27 NASA Johnson Space Center Internship Experience

    NASA Johnson Space Center Internship Experience

    by admin Added 454 Views / 0 Likes

    NASA Johnson Space Center Internship ExperienceVideo Description:Discover internship opportunities at the NASA Johnson Space Center! This video shows some of the places interns work and some of the projects they contribute to. Interns work to make their m

  • 02:51 Space to Ground: Ready for a Walk: 05/11/2018

    Space to Ground: Ready for a Walk: 05/11/2018

    by admin Added 450 Views / 0 Likes

    NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. Got a question or comment? Use #spacetoground to talk to us.For more information about STEM on Station:https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem

  • 10:11 Hurricane to hit USA on may 21st or Glitch 10 times in a row or something devious?

    Hurricane to hit USA on may 21st or Glitch 10 times in a row or something devious?

    by admin Added 304 Views / 0 Likes

    https://www.paypal.me/THORnewsThis situation keeps getting weirder.God bless everyone,TTHORNEWS PO BOX 35946HOUSTON TEXAS77235-5946

  • 03:35 The Minds Behind Mission InSight, Mars' Health Check-Up

    The Minds Behind Mission InSight, Mars' Health Check-Up

    by admin Added 393 Views / 0 Likes

    Space.com chats with some of the scientists behind Mars lander InSight. Watch their reactions to the successful launch and see what they have planned for the probe. -- NASA's InSight Mars Lander Has Left Earth: So What's Next for the Probe?: https://www.s

  • 01:15 Space Rock Formed in Asteroid Belt 'Exiled' to the Kuiper Belt

    Space Rock Formed in Asteroid Belt 'Exiled' to the Kuiper Belt

    by admin Added 419 Views / 0 Likes

    European Southern Observatory telescopes were used to confirm that Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) 2004 EW95 is carbon-rich, suggesting it was born in the inner solar system. Astronomers believe that the space rock formed in the asteroid belt and at some point w

  • 02:11 Fruit Flies on Space Station - New Platform Carries Thousands

    Fruit Flies on Space Station - New Platform Carries Thousands

    by admin Added 415 Views / 0 Likes

    Scientists will use the Multi-use Variable-gravity Platform (MVP) Validation mission to study the effects of spaceflight on Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly). There is a lot that can be learned from them since the genetic makeup of the fruit fly is very

  • 04:47 Acid Rain adds to Growing Hawaii Volcano Earthquake Lava Carbon Dioxide Danger

    Acid Rain adds to Growing Hawaii Volcano Earthquake Lava Carbon Dioxide Danger

    by admin Added 408 Views / 0 Likes

    Evacuation is recommended. Officials are warning of new danger to the public as rain threatens to combine with the gases of the erupting volcano to create acid rain and vog which is volcanic fog. Both are extremely harmful to humans and animals. 14 Fissur

  • 01:30 'We Are Going to the Moon’ - New NASA Administrator Says

    'We Are Going to the Moon’ - New NASA Administrator Says

    by admin Added 445 Views / 0 Likes

    At the "Lunar Industry Day" at NASA headquarters, the new NASA administrator talked about looking for commercial proposals for delivery of instruments and more to the Moon. -- Moon missions Building a "Railroad" to Mars: https://www.space.com/40534-moon-m

  • 13:04 Prepare & Plan Now for Gulf Coast Hurricane possibility May 21*st ish

    Prepare & Plan Now for Gulf Coast Hurricane possibility May 21*st ish

    by admin Added 485 Views / 0 Likes

    Hurricane preSeason practice is here & we've already got a fright on our hands. The GFS continues to show a strong signal of some type of major tropical/lowpressure/lots of rain event around May 21st. We have 12 days to be aware & ready for a worst case s

  • 02:21 Spinning Science: Multi-use Variable-g Platform Arrives at the Space Station

    Spinning Science: Multi-use Variable-g Platform Arrives at the Space Station

    by admin Added 393 Views / 0 Likes

    The Multi-use Variable-gravity Platform (MVP) Validation mission will install and test the MVP, a new hardware platform developed and owned by Techshot Inc., on the International Space Station (ISS). Though the MVP is designed for research with many diffe

  • 03:02 STEMonstration: Nutrition

    STEMonstration: Nutrition

    by admin Added 340 Views / 0 Likes

    Watch NASA astronaut Scott Tingle demonstrate the importance of astronaut nutrition on the International Space Station! Do you have what it takes to stay healthy in space? Try developing your own astronaut menu! Check out https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstrati

  • 01:10 OTD in Space – May 9: Japan Launches Hayabusa Mission to Asteroid

    OTD in Space – May 9: Japan Launches Hayabusa Mission to Asteroid

    by admin Added 410 Views / 0 Likes

    On May 9, 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the first-ever asteroid sample return mission, Hayabusa. This was also the first mission to land on an asteroid. Hayabusa would spend about two years chasing down a near-Earth asteroid called

  • 09:30 Cat 2 Hurricane to Hit the Gulf Coast 3rd week of May? Odds are increasing.

    Cat 2 Hurricane to Hit the Gulf Coast 3rd week of May? Odds are increasing.

    by admin Added 366 Views / 0 Likes

    https://www.paypal.me/THORnewsIt's still 2 weeks out but this is the 8th time models have shown a signal of a Hurricane/Tropical Storm forming in the Gulf of Mexico and headed North towards the USA. I'm just putting the info out there.God bless everyone,T

  • 09:40 Double Hurricane Hits in May? This is WILD* speculation. Don't get butthurt, dickweed.

    Double Hurricane Hits in May? This is WILD* speculation. Don't get butthurt, dickweed.

    by admin Added 338 Views / 0 Likes

    https://www.paypal.me/THORnewsTHIS IS NOT A FORECAST. The GFS continues to show signals of major tropical activity around May 23 ish.T

  • 00:58 OTD in Space – May 8: Centaur Rocket Explodes During Maiden Flight

    OTD in Space – May 8: Centaur Rocket Explodes During Maiden Flight

    by admin Added 474 Views / 0 Likes

    On May 8, 1962, NASA's new Centaur rocket exploded in mid-air during its first test flight. The Centaur was an upper stage specially designed to launch heavier payloads into orbit. For its first launch, it flew on an Atlas rocket booster. The liftoff from

RSS