“Dinosaurs are from the other side of the galaxy.”
Space is fascinating.
Thats already pretty intense, butits spinning at about 43,000 rpm.
It spins 716 times each second."
“A conservative estimate for the number of planets in the known universe isapproximately more than a septillion.
“My university astronomy professor was asked how ‘full’ space is.
“If sound waves could travel through space,the Sun would be deafening.
100 decibels, basically the sound of a car blaring its horn right next to you, forever.”
“A fave of mine to talk about is that they sent Voyager 1 in 1977.
In 2012, ithas finally JUST left our solar system.”
So,Dinosaurs are from the other side of the galaxy.”
“Around100 trillion neutrinos are passing through youper second.
Day and night.”
What a downright delightful thing.”
“The Sun is equivalent to99% of the total mass of the solar system.
The other 1% is composed of the gas giants.
Earth, all the other rocky planets.
and all asteroids and comets are only a rounding error.”
Space is THAT big."
“Wood may bethe rarest natural resourcein the universe, as it’s only been found on Earth.”
“If the Sun were to disappearwe would still orbit it for about eight minutes.
The speed of causality is the speed of light.
“How much space there is between asteroids.
“You arent living in the Cosmos.You ARE the Cosmos.
And so is your phone.
And the dust under your bed.
You arent somehow ‘separate’ from the Cosmos, observing it.
You ARE it.”
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