Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla🥳!
#OnThisDay in 1856, inventor extraordinaire Nikola Tesla was born. Best known for his pioneering inventions with alternating current (AC) electricity, Tesla's work changed the course of history and continues to inspire future generations.
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#OnThisDay in 1856, inventor extraordinaire Nikola Tesla was born. Best known for his pioneering inventions with alternating current (AC) electricity, Tesla's work changed the course of history and continues to inspire future generations.
#AmazingDay
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✨The solar system is around 4,500 million years old. Scientist estimate that it will probably last another 5000 million years✨
#SolarSystem
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#SolarSystem
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✨We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things✨
-Stephen hawking
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-Stephen hawking
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✨The volume of the earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean✨
#MoonFact
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#MoonFact
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Centaurus A is in what Constellation?
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14%
A. Crux
13%
B. Dorado
65%
C. Centaurus
8%
D. Carina
An impact on the scale of that which ended the dinosaur era could end the human era as well, if we don't spot it coming in enough time to prevent its occurrence. How much time would we need in advance to be certain of putting up our best possible defense?
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15%
A. A minimum of a month
27%
B. A minimum of two years
28%
C. A minimum of six months
30%
D. A minimum of ten years
If black holes are indeed black holes, how do we see them?
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6%
A. You have to wear a special pair of 3D glasses.
30%
B. You can only see them when you get close to the horizon.
46%
C. You don't... you have to study the objects around them.
18%
D. They emit so much light it's easy to see them.
Once inside the black hole, will Steven be able to see anything outside of it?
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34%
A. Yes
66%
B. No
Which of these planets does not have rings?
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77%
A. Venus
5%
B. Saturn
7%
C. Jupiter
11%
D. Neptune
Which of the following is a name of the process where an object is deformed and stretched because of a large gravitational pull like a black hole?
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45%
A. spaghettification
12%
B. Planck collapse
38%
C. gravity deformation
5%
D. atomic distortion
M36,M37,and M38 are all open clusters and can be seen in which constellation?
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18%
A. Auriga
32%
B. Taurus
32%
C. Gemini
18%
D. Orion
In an eclipse, what term describes the apparent size of the Moon in comparison to the apparent size of the Sun?
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21%
A. magnitude
37%
B. corona
14%
C. diameter
28%
D. juxtaposition
Another phenomenon that was well known to the ancients is what we now call the "Northern Lights." What is the more scientific term for this eerie light display?
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21%
A. Plasma
68%
B. Aurora Borealis
8%
C. Acer Palmatum
2%
D. Thuja Occidentalis