Not really! While astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) look like they’re floating in “zero gravity,” they’re actually feeling about 90% of the gravity we do on Earth. That’s right—gravity hasn’t ghosted them; it’s just working in unexpected ways. So why aren’t they stuck to the floor like the rest of us? Well, the…

Answer 1. (EXPECTATION) Oh no. Everything would get sucked up and be spaghettified and a black hole would consume the whole solar system. We would die. Answer 2. (REALITY) Everything would orbit the black hole like it orbits the sun. That’s pretty much it. We would die, for a different reason- no sun=no light=no heat=no…

A danger zone? Nope, not really. In movies, they show spaceships dodging asteroids like it’s an epic game of space dodgeball. But in reality, asteroids in the belt are like good friends at a party – they keep a bit of space between them, about 1-3 kilometers apart. They’re not into bumper car vibes. So,…

Exploding, engines thrusting and guns firing, to much of noise, or is it? Well, in movies it is just like that, but space is a vacuum as you might know and you also might know that sound needs a medium to travel. on earth, you can hear your dog barking because there is air all…

In 2006, International Astronomical Union (IAU) came up with a set of 3 rules which defined a planet. Those 3 rules were- 1) A planet must be spherical in shape. 2) A planet must orbit the sun. 3) A planet must clear it’s orbit. Pluto followed the 1st and 2nd rule but due to it’s…

The so called “dark side of the moon” is just another myth that needs to be busted. In reality, the “dark side” is actually the “far side” of the moon that humans cannot see from the earth. Our satellite takes about 27.3 days to complete 1 revolution around the Earth and 29.5 days to rotate…