Who can tell me somthing new

[Starlight 1]

Only this week I come by the name Asteroid come from Starlike.  feel free to add more.

[Craney]

The Thunderbird characters who pilot the vehicles are named after NASA's Mercury astronauts.

[Shibby]

The colour of the Universe is beige. (This was on QI)

Edit: It's known as the "Cosmic Latte"

[Knight of Clear Skies]

There are some interesting snippets of astronomical trivia in this old thread.

[Galen Gilmore]

This isn't really trivia or anything, but just something neat I happen to know about.

This is Hoags Object,  a type of extremely rare galaxy. As rare as it is, you can see another "ring" galaxy in the gap between the inner core and the outer ring.

[Starlight 1]

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Knight of Clear Skies

Can not rember that post so thanks. Galen Gilmore WOW what a nice looking galaxy,

[triton1]

The sky isn’t blue.

[kev100]

Sclereids are a form of sclerenchyma cells, the ligneous (woody), supportive tissue found in plants. Sclereids, though, have highly thickened, lignified walls, and are shaped like stars. They are the gritty bits in pears and quinces.

[Scooot]

The Moon

[John]

David Lunt, who founded Coronado Technology Group in Tucson, Arizona, was born in Denbigh, Wales, the son of professional opera singers.

 

[Starlight 1]

8 hours ago, Scooot said:

The Moon

OK it come up in the west and back down in the West.

[Scooot]

12 minutes ago, Starlight 1 said:

OK it come up in the west and back down in the West.

Its New Moon today

 

[tooth_dr]

Mirror molecules, always found this interesting!

http://americanhistory.si.edu/molecule/04exp.htm

[adder001]

A bullet fired from a gun pefectly horizontal and a bullet dropped by hand from exactly the same height will hit the ground at the same time (discounting air resistance)

[Moonshane]

A vacuum isn't empty.

[kev100]

On 18/10/2017 at 20:38, kev100 said:

Sclereids are a form of sclerenchyma cells, the ligneous (woody), supportive tissue found in plants. Sclereids, though, have highly thickened, lignified walls, and are shaped like stars. They are the gritty bits in pears and quinces.

Okay, okay  sorry for the confusion. Sclereids just happened to be on my mind when I saw the OP's post ... and they do look a bit like stars, and they are interesting ...

[niallk]

On 19/10/2017 at 00:25, Scooot said:

The Moon

[Moonshane]

Lol I only just got it ?

[Phil Fargaze]

Space walking astronauts have reported that space smells. NASA even had the smell recreated for training purposes.  A kind of cosmic aftershave I guess!

[Beulah]

4 hours ago, Moonshane said:

A vacuum isn't empty.

Yeah, mine's full of fluff!!