Astronomy & Space

How do we know space is black

How do we know that theres a real color of space, that isnt in our light spectrum.?-Black is the absence of all EM radiation, by definition.-When all the light in the universe is averaged out, the col

Would you ride in the Space Shuttle knowing that it may explode

NASA has decided to launch the Space Shuttle this July 4th even though it has the same problem, a cracked tile, that made it explode the last time. I think its a bad decision, to risky ! What do you t

What are the chances of an unknown asteroid hitting the earth

i have read about ones that have nealy hit the earth before and nobody knew they were coming it really scares me knowing that one could hit at any time and we would have no warning-By an implicit def

What if earth was one of Jupiters moons

Tides!!! Tides like you wouldnt believe. At high tide, New York would be under water. Maybe even its tallest buildings. And the surfing would be great. Only downer would be if the oceans froze ove

Currently/Recently has scientists discovered anything in space that could wipe out Earth

Pretty much anything we see in space has the potential to do that.However, the odds of any of them doing that are ridiculously low.-If a super massive star will explode its radiation will destroy our

My husband thinks we are all going to die in 2014 because of Planet X

Hes really making me depressed. We just had our first child and all he talks about it how its pointless because well be dead in 4 years. He said that Planet X is coming into our solar system and will

Poll: Will adding a zero gravity ride to an Airplane flight (only if all passangers on the flight want it)

increase the Airline Profit. If the pilot of a Boeing 747 on a flight from New York City to Miami Florida will do at least one maneuver that will make the inside of the airplane have zero gravity to

Scienctist Star Laboratory locations help!!!

okay i have answer this question for worksheet where are some of the star gazing Laboratory or what are they call so i can serach it-Those are called observatories.Some of the major ones (which you ca

What do we suspect would happen to a tiny black hole

Is the idea of the black hole that exists in the story (n-space by larry niven) possible? Pages: 242-253 http://books.google.com/books?id=_52Br8k… What would happen to a tiny black hole like in the N

Which Is Better If I Want To Be An Astronaut

Should I enroll in Army ROTCORAir Force ROTC? is one looked upon better by NASA than the other? also, if i apply to NASAs astronaut program as a pilot for example, and they dont accept me for a pilot,

Is Pluto bigger than Neptune

Is it or not?-well astrologist dont think so. Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet. and Neptune is fairly large, so id go with no-Pluto is smaller than Neptune. Plutos diameter is less than 3000 kil

What would you do if a comet was going to hit the earth

and kill everyone in an hours time from now? No matter where you were on earth you would die. Only those who could go into space in a rocket would survive. The atmosphere would be filled with molten

Is a Cloud bigger than Pluto

Is a huge big huge big cloud bigger than Pluto? Because Im just asking.-The diameter of Pluto is only 2,390 km across. Just for comparison, that’s about 70% the diameter of the Moon. And it’s a fracti

Belive in evolution and belive a man never walked on the moon

Apollo 10 was the manned orbit of the moon preceding the Apollo 11 mission in which Neil Armstrong would be the first man to walk on the moon. On Apollo 10 they were able to monitor with greater pre

N0vember asteroid approuching the world INSIDE between the moon and us that close! is this a worry

How accurate can thescientists be? 400 metre ball, if hits us will be same as 6000 atomic bombs simultaneously. Whats your thoughts?-Despite the surveillance of near space, asteroids do occasionally s