TechnologyMind-BlowingThe technology of a single Game Boy exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.34210k
ScienceMind-BlowingThe moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.2951k
ScienceMind-BlowingEach day is getting slightly longer due to the Moon's gravitational pull on Earth's oceans. Tidal friction slows Earth's rotation by about 2.3 milliseconds per century - meaning days are lengthening by roughly one second every 50,000 years.1363k
ScienceMind-BlowingTidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.891k
ScienceMind-BlowingDue to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.756k
ScienceFunnySaturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.142k
ScienceWholesomeApollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.144k
ScienceMind-BlowingThe Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.142k
HistoryMind-BlowingNeil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.91k
ScienceMind-BlowingOn Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.82k
ScienceMind-BlowingScientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.51k