These are truly interesting factoids about outer space, but why does the author think it is necessary to try and make a truly lame "joke" at the end of each description? If they were funny it would be different. But they are a horrible stretch.
very informative, but could have done without all of the stupid comments at the end of each. apparently the guy doesnt like frat boys either.....then again.......who does?
"Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space" - Douglas Adams
This is a pretty s**tty article. Pluto is NOT "about as far as you can get from the sun in our solar system". Our solar system is HUGE, it goes way past Pluto.
Agreed. If you consider dwarf planets as part of our Solar System, and Pluto is now a KBO, there are many dwarf planets that go farther out of the solar system than Pluto. Eris, which is LARGER than Pluto, is 2-3x farther out. (You guys can look up Quaqor, Sedna, and the "official" farthest KBO.)
If one were born on Venus, one would have to have two birthdays everyday. A person who is 100 years old would only be 92.59 days old. Some babies would be walking and talking even though they were just born yesterday.
too bad there isn't a star made of watermelon for all of the black people, or one with lakes of alcohol to send the Irish, or one filled with young boys to send catholic priests, or one filled with bigots - where we could send you.
Actually, that is true. I don't know the exact number, but it does take the light created in the center of the sun many many years to actually breach the sun's surface and reach us on earth. The time it takes to actually travel through space is only a few seconds.
"The gamma rays (high-energy photons) released in fusion reactions are absorbed in only a few millimeters of solar plasma and then re-emitted again in random direction (and at slightly lower energy)—so it takes a long time for radiation to reach the Sun's surface. Estimates of the "photon travel time" range between 10,000 and 170,000 years."
Article is full of small incorrectitudes. Saturn does not float because it is light, it is just less dense. Weight has nothing to do with buoyancy. The moon actually does have an atmosphere, a very thin argon one. Pluto is NOT the farthest you can get from the sun in our solar system, the Voyager craft are way farther away. The solar system includes the Oort Cloud, Kuiper Belt, heliosphere, etc. Its more then just the planets.
I got this strange feeling of deja vu until I looked at the date of the article. Its the same one submitted back in march, with the same top comment by the same poster about the same subject.
Zoshchenko on 03/10/2010
These facts are really very interesting. But why the hell does the author think he needs to try and add some lame joke at the end of every one? I wouldn't object so much if they were in the least bit witty...but they aren't. They're stupid. Insultingly inane. Mind-boggling moronic. Point made?
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zoshchenkoAug 21, 2010Buried
These are truly interesting factoids about outer space, but why does the author think it is necessary to try and make a truly lame "joke" at the end of each description? If they were funny it would be different. But they are a horrible stretch.
spazattack5000Aug 20, 2010Buried
Look at your man, now back at me. This star is now DIAMONDS!
gl77Aug 21, 2010Buried
very informative, but could have done without all of the stupid comments at the end of each. apparently the guy doesnt like frat boys either.....then again.......who does?
khundavidAug 21, 2010Buried
"Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space" - Douglas Adams
seaofcheeseAug 21, 2010Buried
Well that was a bad attempt at trying to write a cracked article.
wagedomainAug 21, 2010Buried
This is a pretty s**tty article. Pluto is NOT "about as far as you can get from the sun in our solar system". Our solar system is HUGE, it goes way past Pluto.
sdeluxeAug 21, 2010Buried
Chuck Norris was recently bit by a cobra. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.
netantAug 21, 2010Buried
Agreed. If you consider dwarf planets as part of our Solar System, and Pluto is now a KBO, there are many dwarf planets that go farther out of the solar system than Pluto. Eris, which is LARGER than Pluto, is 2-3x farther out. (You guys can look up Quaqor, Sedna, and the "official" farthest KBO.)
pilot85Aug 21, 2010Buried
I was going to bury you before I read the article for that inane meme... then I realized that the star really IS now diamonds!
s4g4nAug 21, 2010Buried
I'm going to build a tractor beam, that diamond planet is mine.
rickthebrickAug 21, 2010Buried
If one were born on Venus, one would have to have two birthdays everyday. A person who is 100 years old would only be 92.59 days old. Some babies would be walking and talking even though they were just born yesterday.
chaosprofessorAug 22, 2010Buried
or if you didn't burst into flames instantly approx temp is 894 degrees
errorsAug 21, 2010Buried
Not entirely true, it's not a few seconds, it's the 8 minutes we've been hearing since we were kids.
kmocha822Aug 21, 2010Buried
too bad there isn't a star made of watermelon for all of the black people, or one with lakes of alcohol to send the Irish, or one filled with young boys to send catholic priests, or one filled with bigots - where we could send you.
robertonuno85Aug 21, 2010Buried
Actually, that is true. I don't know the exact number, but it does take the light created in the center of the sun many many years to actually breach the sun's surface and reach us on earth. The time it takes to actually travel through space is only a few seconds.
"The gamma rays (high-energy photons) released in fusion reactions are absorbed in only a few millimeters of solar plasma and then re-emitted again in random direction (and at slightly lower energy)—so it takes a long time for radiation to reach the Sun's surface. Estimates of the "photon travel time" range between 10,000 and 170,000 years."
- NASA (2007). "Ancient Sunlight". Technology Through Time (50). http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2007/locations/ttt_sunlight.php. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
smpaisnutrientsAug 22, 2010Buried
Article is full of small incorrectitudes. Saturn does not float because it is light, it is just less dense. Weight has nothing to do with buoyancy. The moon actually does have an atmosphere, a very thin argon one. Pluto is NOT the farthest you can get from the sun in our solar system, the Voyager craft are way farther away. The solar system includes the Oort Cloud, Kuiper Belt, heliosphere, etc. Its more then just the planets.
lllslinklllAug 22, 2010Buried
Okay WTF people?
By B.Z., March 10, 2010 <----------------
I got this strange feeling of deja vu until I looked at the date of the article. Its the same one submitted back in march, with the same top comment by the same poster about the same subject.
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http://digg.com/space/15_Strange_and_Awesome_Facts_About_Outer_Space
Zoshchenko on 03/10/2010
These facts are really very interesting. But why the hell does the author think he needs to try and add some lame joke at the end of every one? I wouldn't object so much if they were in the least bit witty...but they aren't. They're stupid. Insultingly inane. Mind-boggling moronic. Point made?
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Seriously?
robertonuno85Aug 21, 2010Buried
Crap, I honestly meant to say a few minutes, not seconds. I swear I just read it!
chummy2547Aug 21, 2010Buried
16. You will forget all this.
mikimacAug 21, 2010Buried
Seems to me that # 12 (Electrostatic Levitation) debunks #11 (Lasting Footprints).