Spanning about 4.5 billion years, planet Earth has had quite the interesting, and often tumultuous, past. From the first specks of dust in the solar nebula after the formation of the sun, through it’s lava and liquid rock stage and through a few ice ages, today’s infographic gives you the story of our planet’s geological and meteorological history all in one place. [VIA]
From the MinutePhysics YouTube Channel, this video explains why the planets in our solar system orbit on a flat plane, rather than zipping around the sun in any direction they choose.
From the VSauce Youtube Channel, this video addresses one of those “age-old questions” of what would happen if everyone in the world, all 6 billion+ of us, jumped at once in one location…SPOILER: not much.
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We see is almost every night and sometimes during the day. We’ve dreamed about it, written songs and poems about it and even visited it — the Earth’s constant companion, the moon. Today’s infographic provides several interesting facts about the Moon from travel, orbits, myths, mysteries, and misconceptions. [VIA]
Most of us do not like to be caught by surprise as events occur and arise, especially big, life altering ones. While nothing here will directly affect us, it is interesting to know how thefuture might shake out. The BBC has put together this interesting timeline for us, starting 1000 years into the future and taking us to one hundred quintillion years (100,000,000,000,000,000,000). [VIA]
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Lots of people like to try to predict the end of the world. How many of us will ever forget the fervor leading up to December 21, 2012? Just how close has the world come to ending, through both natural and man-made disasters? Today’s infographic highlights some of the closest calls we’ve had. [VIA]
I have always been fascinated by space and space exploration. I came across this infographic last year as I was researching some of the first manned missions for their 50th anniversaries. It is the first image I had ever seen that placed the whole of human space exploration (both manned and unmanned missions) into one image. You will have to zoom in and pan through the image to see all the details, but it is well worth the trip. I can only hope that this image will become outdated very soon as more missions are approved and launched! [VIA]
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