It is difficult to offer something more interesting and mysterious, than space. Scientists regularly make new discoveries, increasing knowledge of mankind. Today there are many facts about the Universe and space which strike people and expand borders of novel. The last experiments established that the age of space is about 13.7 billion years.
The interesting facts about the Universe
To study all possible about the Universe, the person will need hundreds more of years or maybe it in general is unreal to make.
The improbable facts about the Universe:
- Scientists considered that if to put all stars, galaxies and black holes, then about 5% of mass of the Universe will turn out. Other 95% just do not consider and call it dark matter.
- The biggest diamond found by people – the destroyed star located at distance in 50 light years from Earth. Its diameter is 4000 km.
- The interesting fact about the Universe was established by scientists when they studied asteroids. Several asteroids which behave like the Moon were found, that is follow Earth when it moves around the Sun.
- In an orbit of Earth there are about 8 thousand objects which are called "space debris".
- As a result of calculations it was succeeded to establish that annually the Moon moves away from Earth on 3.8 cm.
- For the last 30 years the scientists managed to find 2 thousand planets which do not enter the solar system. The number of new opening grows together with the technical progress allowing to broaden the area of researches.
- There is a hypothesis that on Jupiter and Saturn it is possible to observe diamond rains, and it is connected with the fact that in an upper atmosphere the thunder and a lightning are constantly heard that leads to release of hydrocarbon from methane molecules.
- The coldest planet of the solar system is Pluto which is covered with an ice crust, and temperature on it reaches minus of 200 degrees.
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