Space Explained

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🚨: All three United States crew members aboard the International Space Station cast their votes from orbit in the 2026 midterm elections.

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The moment the space shuttle did a backflip so the ISS crew could inspect its heat shield and check for debris.

The life-saving maneuver was mandated after the 2003 Columbia disaster.

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This is what happens in your brain when you learn something new.

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Nothing made me rethink my entire life the way Men in Black’s ending did

Funny thing is, this could be totally true and we’d never know.

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According to quantum physics, nothing ever truly “touches.” Electrons repel each other before atoms can physically overlap.

Your brain interprets this electromagnetic force as touch.

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🚨: This is not our galaxy!

You’re staring at billions of stars in the Andromeda Galaxy—and almost every one likely has planets.

Let that sink in.

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🚨: Study claims Earth’s population may need to fall to 4 billion to save the planet

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🚨: The size of Phobos, the larger of Mar’s two moons, compared to the size of New York City.

Phobos is only about 14 miles across — small enough to fit within a major city.

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🚨: The Milky Way and thousands of other galaxies are being pulled toward a mysterious region of space known as the Great Attractor at around 2 million km/h.

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🚨: The black hole ‘Garguanta’ in Interstellar was so accurate, it took about 100 hours for a single frame to render.

It was so scientifically accurate it literally generated new physics discoveries and helped publish scientific papers.