Why don't we fly off the Earth?

Normally, humans aren't thrown off the moving Earth because gravity is holding us down. However, because we are rotating with the Earth, a 'centrifugal force' pushes us outwards from the centre of the planet. If this centrifugal force were bigger than the force of gravity, then we would be thrown into space.
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Why don't we fall through the Earth?

The reason that objects don't fall to the center of the earth is that the force of gravity is balanced by the "normal force." Basically, this force arises because the forces between molecules in the ground are strong enough that molecular bonds aren't broken when we step on them.
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Why we don't move when Earth rotates?

Earth moves very fast. It spins (rotates) at a speed of about 1,000 miles (1600 kilometers) per hour and orbits around the Sun at a speed of about 67,000 miles (107,000 kilometers) per hour. We do not feel any of this motion because these speeds are constant.
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Can you fall off of the Earth?

Nothing, considering that you cannot fall off the edge of the earth. The earth is an oblate spheroid; therefore, it does not have edges.
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Are we upside down on Earth?

Remember that the Earth is a sphere, like a giant ball: so there is no "up" or "down", since a sphere is symmetric. That is, it looks the same no matter what way you look at it.
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Why can't people visit South Pole?

Well, that is because visiting Antarctica is a privilege and a responsibility at the same time. The Antarctic Treaty includes a protocol on environmental protection, which designates the continent as a natural reserve. There is a set of rules any visitor has to follow.
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Which country is at the bottom of Earth?

Antarctica is a place of extremes. It's the southernmost continent and hosts the coldest temperature ever directly recorded on Earth's surface — a bone-chilling minus 128.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 89.2 degrees Celsius) logged at Russia's Vostok research station.
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Is there any human lost in space?

Fatal space travel disasters. As of the beginning of 2022, there have been five fatal incidents during space flights, in which 19 astronauts were lost in space and four more astronauts died on Earth in preparation for the flight.
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What would happen if you drilled a hole through the Earth and jumped in?

If you jumped into the tunnel, you'd fall down towards the center of the Earth, accelerating constantly, thanks to gravity. By the time you reached the halfway point, after falling for 21 minutes, you'd be traveling at 28,000 kilometers per hour.
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What happens when I fall on Earth the voice of the rain?

It originates from the land and the deep sea. Then it rises upward to heaven where it changes its form into a cloud, yet remains the same in quality. From the sky it pours down on earth to wash the dry tiny particles and dust layers of the earth. The rain helps the unborn seeds to sprout.
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Are we constantly moving?

In this new picture, the space we live in is fluctuating wildly. At each point, it oscillates between expansion and contraction. As it swings back and forth, the two almost cancel each other but a very small net effect drives the Universe to expand slowly at an accelerating rate.
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Does sun rotate?

The Sun rotates on its axis once in about 27 days. This rotation was first detected by observing the motion of sunspots. The Sun's rotation axis is tilted by about 7.25 degrees from the axis of the Earth's orbit so we see more of the Sun's north pole in September of each year and more of its south pole in March.
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How did the life begin?

Many scientists believe that RNA, or something similar to RNA, was the first molecule on Earth to self-replicate and begin the process of evolution that led to more advanced forms of life, including human beings.
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What keeps the Earth suspended in space?

The answer is gravity and angular velocity - the gravitational pull of the Sun on the Earth keeps the Earth from flying away and the fact that the Earth has angular momentum keeps it rotating around and not falling in to the Sun.
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What holds the Earth and the rest of the universe together?

Gravity is the powerful force that glues our universe together. Gravity helped form our solar system, the planets, and the stars. It holds the planets in orbit around the Sun, and moons in orbit around the planets. The gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon creates the tides on Earth.
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Can we reach the Earth's core?

It's a long journey to the centre of the Earth, but getting there isn't just a hard slog for us humans. It's 6,371km (3,959 miles) to the centre of the Earth and the deepest hole ever drilled (the Kola Superdeep Borehole, now welded shut in the image above) was only 12km (7.5 miles) deep.
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Can you dig to China?

Take a closer look at a globe: China is actually not antipodal to the United States. That would be impossible, since they're both in the Northern Hemisphere. If you dug a hole from anywhere in the lower 48 states straight through the center of the Earth, you'd actually come out… in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
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Do you age slower in space?

Scientists have recently observed for the first time that, on an epigenetic level, astronauts age more slowly during long-term simulated space travel than they would have if their feet had been planted on Planet Earth.
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How cold is it in 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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How much do astronauts get paid?

The pay grades for civilian astronaut candidates are set by federal government pay scales and vary based on academic achievements and experience. According to NASA , civilian astronaut salaries range from $104,898 to $161,141 per year. Here are a few of the benefits offered to civilian astronauts: Health care.
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Where does the world end?

Verdens Ende ("World's End", or "The End of the Earth" in Norwegian) is located at the southernmost tip of the island of Tjøme in Færder municipality, Norway.
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What is the end of Earth?

Four billion years from now, the increase in Earth's surface temperature will cause a runaway greenhouse effect, creating conditions more extreme than present-day Venus and heating Earth's surface enough to melt it. By that point, all life on Earth will be extinct.
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Why does no one live in Antarctica?

Due to its remoteness, inhospitable weather conditions and lack of natural land bridges connecting it to other continents, Antarctica has spent the last 35 million years in relative silence and seclusion.
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