“Global warming doesn’t mean every day is hot as the surface of the Sun from now on. Winter still happens & occasionally some of us will be very cold. If you want consistently hot global temps. though it is only a matter of (a very long) time until the Sun swells to its red giant phase On the scale…”Tagged: Global Warming, Climate Change, Universe, Cosmos
“There are something like a trillion galaxies in the observable universe, of a range of sizes. And galaxy collisions happen a lot. In fact, galaxies primarily grow by cannibalizing other (smaller) galaxies. Our own has eaten several—we can see streams of stars as debris. In fact, galaxies primarily…”Tagged: Space, Astronomy, Universe, Solar System, Stars
“'Spaghettification'” is what happens to you when you fall into a black hole feet first (for instance) and the gravity is so much stronger on your feet than your head that you’re stretched out to some kind of spaghetti-like carnage-shape.”Tagged: Space, space terms, Universe, astronomical terms, Astronomy