Well, that’s interesting — S01E05

Milkdromeda, Exoplanets and our own Solar System

Sounds interesting? You bet they are.

Milkdromeda

Ever wondered what it would look like way into the future? Not years, not decades but billions of years? Well, apparently we are going to collide with our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda to form a bigger galaxy, Milkdromeda. What happens to our marvelous blue little marble in this case? PBS Space Time has an amazing video explaining this on their YouTube channel.

How do we discover Exoplanets?

Till the early nineties, the only planets we know were the ones that are rotating around our sun. However, very soon after launching the Hubble telescope, we have started discovering new planets orbiting very distant stars. How do we do this? MinutePhysics explains how we have we have been discovering far away worlds with the help of powerful satellites and our understanding of the physics of these celestial bodies.

Solar System:

Creating a model of our solar system is probably the most frequently used science project for kids. However, I am 100% sure that none of the models used in these projects are to scale. Want to see a solar system to scale? Check out this video from To Scale.

Bonus:

Want to experience the scale of Solar System on your computer? Designer Josh Worth has created in his own words: “A tediously accurate scale model of the Solar System”. Check it out by clicking the below link.

http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html

That’s all for this week. Hope you liked it. You can find other episodes here.