Space & Astronomy
Exploring "Why" questions about Space & Astronomy
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Why can’t there be a company that starts mass-producing PCs so that all games are shaped to their standards(Like Xbox or PlayStation)?
There's not a lot of room out there for a new console. Sony and MS (and I guess Nintendo) pretty much have the market on lockdown. There's a pretty significant financial barrier to entry in a new game
Why can’t we take historic pictures of the Earth?
> Anyway, would it be possible to send a small object/camera at a fast rate into space (hopefully it won't hit an asteroid or get stuck in the sun's orbit...) that could zoom far enough to see Eart
Why do wolves howl at the moon?
Excellent question! Wolves are primarily a nocturnal species, which is why they howl at night. They turn their heads up when they howl because what you're actually seeing is vocalized communication wh
Why did Turkey make their own versions of famous American movies,for example Star wars and E.T in the 80s?
Cause there's profit to be made. Same reason why there's knockoff movies. Someone comes up with an idea that makes money.
Why does time behaves differently near Black hole or at the edge of event horizon?
Time and space are not separate, they are a single thing called "Spacetime". Gravity doesn't suck stuff up, it actually creates a divot in spacetime that stuff falls into. So the bending of space caus
Why is the orientation of the earth the way it is on maps, globes and images?
It's just a convention, as far as I know. It wasn't always the case - many maps from the middle ages have unusual orientations, like the [Gough Map] (_URL_0_) of the British Isles. The fact that map-m
Why does a hovering helicopter rotate with the Earth?
The helicopter was already rotating around the earth when it took off; no force counteractive to this motion acts on the helicopter after it has taken off. As such there is no change in its rotational
why did the SpaceX exhaust trail (or what ever that was) stay illuminated for so long?
because the rocket was so high up, that it was not shaded by the earth. just like the moon that is also visible in the video. This was only possible because it was shortly after sunset.
why are organizations trying to send people to live on mars and not on closer places like the moon?
Mars has atmosphere and accessible (but frozen) water and soil that could be conditioned to grow crops with a lot of work and is a place a person could live with some work. the moon has vacuum and rad
Why does staring at the sun make me sneeze?
Because you have a photic sneeze reflex, which about 20-30% of people have. The mechanism of action is not well understood. It's possible that wires get crossed in your brain, and that the stimulus of