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I’m sure you’ve probably heard astronomers use the term “Light-Year”, but do you know what that term actually means?
The use of the word “year” makes it sound like “light-year” would be used to measure time, but in reality it’s a measurement of distance.
So why is a word related to time used to measure distance? [Read more…]
Compared to some of our animal friends, we humans are a pretty slow bunch.
In fact, the world’s fastest human to date was clocked at well less than 30 miles per hour (MPH).
That’s less than half as fast as the fastest land animals and several times slower than the fastest birds.
But guess what? Every human being (and everything else on planet earth) is constantly moving at astounding speeds – even those who are standing still, sitting in an easy chair or lying in bed!
Have you ever sat and contemplated the vastness of the universe?
As you well know, we earthlings inhabit a single planet that orbits a single star.
But consider this…
Have you ever wondered what our Earth would look like at night, from space?
Virtually every astronaut that has orbited our planet said the views of Earth from above were the most wonderful part of the entire experience.
Now, via the wonders of time-lapse photography, you can enjoy the same views the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) enjoy.