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In space, there is no such a thing as right-side up or upside-down. The globe shows a top and bottom, but it doesn’t mean that such an orientation really exists in outer space. Gravity pulls everything toward Earth’s center, so “down” is always towards the ground, no matter where you are. And “up” is always the sky.
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Why is there no gravity in space?
Oh, but there is gravity in space! Astronauts only FEEL like there is no gravity because they are continuously falling as if there weren’t. You see, if there were no…
Why is the Earth round?
As far back as 300 BC Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, noticed that everything in space that he could see was round. He made an educated guess that Earth was also…
What is the slowest animal on Earth?
Ever heard someone called a “sloth” or “slow as a sloth” because they move really slowly? That’s because the sloth — especially the three-toed sloth — is the slowest animal…
Who created the globe?
The first globe was created by a German mapmaker named Martin Behaim in 1492. He was inspired by the discoveries of Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer who suggested that the…
Does water in the bathtub really “whirl” in one direction in the Southern hemisphere and the opposite direction in the Northern hemisphere?
No, that’s just an urban myth. A common misconception in popular culture is that the water in toilets or bathtubs drains in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere, and then…