What's the strangest thing in space?

Four of the Weirdest Objects in Space
  • Black Hole Sagittarius A*: Super-Close but Strangely Quiet. Until recently, black holes seemed to come in only two sizes: either small remnants of collapsed stars or gargantuan beasts with masses of millions or even billions of suns. ...
  • Pulsar Planets: Not Even A Nice Place to Visit.
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What is the craziest thing in space?

Five Weird Things That Happen in Outer Space
  • Plasma. sept_soho.gif. ...
  • Extreme Temperatures. From Siberia to the Sahara, Earth experiences an extensive range of temperatures. ...
  • Cosmic Alchemy. Every second, the Sun fuses about 600 million metric tons of hydrogen. ...
  • Magnetic Explosions. ...
  • Supersonic Shocks.
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What is the rarest thing in space?

Now astronomers have spotted a bizarre star that may prove to be one of the rarest objects ever, with maybe as few as five or six of them in the galaxy. The object in question is known as J005311, located in the constellation Cassiopeia about 10,000 light-years from Earth.
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What is the scariest thing in space?

Halloween is a time to be haunted by ghosts, goblins and ghouls, but nothing in the universe is scarier than a black hole. Black holes – regions in space where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape – are a hot topic in the news these days.
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What is the strangest thing ever found?

Here are 7 of the strangest things that have been unearthed and discovered throughout history:
  1. A Ferrari. ...
  2. The Williams Enigmalith. ...
  3. A Cinema. ...
  4. The Betz Mystery Sphere. ...
  5. The Antikythera Mechanism. ...
  6. Boats Under San Francisco. ...
  7. The Baghdad Batteries.
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Strange Things Found in Outer Space



What's the craziest thing discovered in the ocean?

The weirdest things found in the ocean
  • An ancient computer. When snorkellers explored a shipwreck off the island of Antikythera in 1901, they did not expect to discover an ancient computer. ...
  • Giant Lego man. ...
  • Locomotive graveyard. ...
  • Robot hand. ...
  • Rubber ducks.
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What is the strangest thing in the ocean?

Then you're probably interested in our top-ten list of the weirdest and strangest ocean creatures.
  • Clown FrogFish. This strange creature from waters around Indonesia is bright yellow with red markings. ...
  • Sea Pen. ...
  • Blob Sculpin. ...
  • Red-Lipped Batfish. ...
  • Giant Spider Crab. ...
  • Giant Tube Worms. ...
  • Vampire Squid. ...
  • Leafy Seadragon.
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Why is space black?

Because space is a near-perfect vacuum — meaning it has exceedingly few particles — there's virtually nothing in the space between stars and planets to scatter light to our eyes. And with no light reaching the eyes, they see black.
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Can you breathe Titan?

Titan is extremely cold, with an annual temperature of -180 C (-291 F), but thankfully, due to its thick atmosphere, humans walking outside on titan would only need warm clothing and respirators. Titan's atmosphere lacks oxygen; however it contains ice water below its surface that can be used as a source of oxygen.
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Do you age differently in space?

In space, people usually experience environmental stressors like microgravity, cosmic radiation, and social isolation, which can all impact aging. Studies on long-term space travel often measure aging biomarkers such as telomere length and heartbeat rates, not epigenetic aging.
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What is a dead galaxy?

'Dead' Galaxies Mysteriously Ran Out of Fuel to Make Stars in Early Universe. Taking advantage of a phenomenon that allows astronomers to use massive galaxy clusters as natural magnifying glasses, researchers have discovered strange galaxies that stopped making stars before their time. University Communications.
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How rare is gold in the universe?

Compared to Earth's total size, that's not much gold. There is actually six times more platinum in our planet's core, which contains about 1 part per million of gold. Gold is, in fact, quite rare.
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What does space smell like?

A succession of astronauts have described the smell as '… a rather pleasant metallic sensation ... [like] ... sweet-smelling welding fumes', 'burning metal', 'a distinct odour of ozone, an acrid smell', 'walnuts and brake pads', 'gunpowder' and even 'burnt almond cookie'.
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What are the scariest facts about space?

Here are 10 terrifying facts about space!
  • Stars Can Come Back From The Dead. ...
  • The next planet we colonise could be Hell. ...
  • One rock flying through space can wipe out mankind. ...
  • Some stars are vampires. ...
  • The planet Gliese 436 b is a burning ball of ice. ...
  • The LQG is so big it breaks fundamental rules of astrophysics.
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What is inside a black hole?

The singularity at the center of a black hole is the ultimate no man's land: a place where matter is compressed down to an infinitely tiny point, and all conceptions of time and space completely break down. And it doesn't really exist.
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What moons can we live on?

In the Solar System's habitable zone, there are only three natural satellites—the Moon, and Mars's moons Phobos and Deimos (although some estimates show Mars and its moons to be slightly outside the habitable zone) —none of which sustain an atmosphere or water in liquid form.
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What if Earth crashed into Jupiter?

As we crash into Jupiter, both planets' atmospheres will be compressed, rapidly increasing the temperature, and essentially setting the air on fire.
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How cold is space?

The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite has refined temperature measurements taken way back in 1964. According to data from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite, the temperature of space is 2.725K (2.725 degrees above absolute zero).
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Is it scary to be in space?

In Space No One Can Hear You Scream, But That's Not The Scariest Thing About Being There. The infinite void of space is a vast, mostly unknown place that we're still researching and exploring. It is because of just how unknown it is that many find space to be a truly terrifying place.
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Is there sound in space?

No, there isn't sound in space.

This is because sound travels through the vibration of particles, and space is a vacuum. On Earth, sound mainly travels to your ears by way of vibrating air molecules, but in near-empty regions of space there are no (or very, very few) particles to vibrate – so no sound.
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Are sea monsters real?

Mythic Kraken

Hundreds of years ago, European sailors told of a sea monster called the kraken that could toss ships into the air with its many long arms. Today we know sea monsters aren't real--but a living sea animal, the giant squid, has 10 arms and can grow longer than a school bus.
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Could there be monsters in the ocean?

Sea monsters really DO lurk beneath the waves, scientists claim. From krakens to gigantic sea serpents, terrifying monsters of the deep have haunted the imaginations of generations of mariners. Now experts in marine life claim sea monsters might actually exist.
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What is the scariest sea creature?

The Scariest Monsters of the Deep Sea
  • Red Octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis) ...
  • Deep sea blob sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus) ...
  • Sea Pigs (genus Scotoplanes) ...
  • The Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) ...
  • The Proboscis Worm (Parborlasia corrugatus) ...
  • Zombie Worms (Osedax roseus) ...
  • Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa)
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