Red Dwarf stars that are low in mass can burn continually for up to 10 trillion years.
A Red Dwarf is a small and cool star in a later stage of its life
2020
Pluto is smaller than the United States.
If you were to walk around the equator of Pluto it would be the same distance as walking from London to Denver
2020
Pound cake got its name from its recipe.
The early recipes of pound cake called for one pound of butter, one pound of eggs, and one pound of sugar
2020
We know more about Mars and our Moon than we do about our oceans.
We have fully mapped 100% of the surface of Mars and Earthβs Moon, whereas we have only been able to map roughly 5% of the ocean floor.
2009
Pregnant women have better Sense of Smell.
The hormones that cause a woman to have morning sickness also play a role in a womanβs sense of smell
2014
Halleyβs Comet will pass over Earth again on 26th July 2061.
The famous comet was last seen on 9th February, 1986 and only orbits the Earth once every 75 β 76 years.
2020
The Mariner 10 was the first spacecraft that visited Mercury.
It was launched at NASAβs Kennedy Space Center in 1973, and flew by Venus 3 months later.
2020
There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand in the world.
There are 10 times more stars in the night sky, with 70 sextillion stars being visible.
2012
Stars twinkle because light is disrupted as it passes through Earthβs atmosphere.
Their light must pass through pockets of Earth's atmosphere that vary in temperature and density
2012
Memory can be easily distorted.
The car crash experimenters found that the use of different verbs affected the participantsβ memories of an accident
2014
Internet trolls are likely to be sadists.
Studies found that the link between sadism and Internet trolling is so strong that trolls could be described as βprototypical everyday sadi
2014
pens wonβt work in space.
Normal pens work by gravity pulling the ink towards the penβs nib. As thereβs no gravity in space, the ink doesnβt get pulled to the nib.
2020
The center of the Milky Way smells like rum & tastes like raspberries.
Discovered by the IRAM radio telescope, a chemical called ethyl formate which gives rum its distinct smell and raspberries their distinct flavor.
2020