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I found out recently that the sun is not still, it is moving away from other stars. Is it fair to say nothing is standing still, or have scientists decided on a 'default' place that is 'standing still' so at least we can measure galactic speed against that?

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Does the Mars Rover 'hunker down', turn off instruments, or otherwise prepare if storms are coming?

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If the centre of the earth was a large hollow sphere and I was floating directly in the middle of it, would I feel like I was being crushed, or pulled apart?

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If I had a solid wall behind me to 'push against' - in space - would I be able to push the moon away from me to arms length (as there is no friction)?

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Does every quantity of liquid on earth have some kind of tide, even if way too small for the human eye to register?

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All-in-all, which is worse for me? A pint of Coca Cola, or a pint of 'average' beer?

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WW1, Zeppalins were used for combat. Huge balloons filled with Hydrogen, how come anything (like 1 bullet) from the ground didn't make them insta-explode?

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If a petrol tanker had the main tanker bit fed into it's petrol tank, what would it's range be?

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If an object was very slowly lowered through the atmosphere from space, would it still get hot?

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I read that GPS satellites are NOT in geosynchronous orbit. So how is it possible some areas of earth could be 'bad for GPS as it's the middle of no-where' or is that an urban myth?

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I found out recently that the sun is not still, it is moving away from other stars. Is it fair to say nothing is standing still, or have scientists decided on a 'default' place that is 'standing still' so at least we can measure galactic speed against that?	2392
Does the Mars Rover 'hunker down', turn off instruments, or otherwise prepare if storms are coming?	52
If the centre of the earth was a large hollow sphere and I was floating directly in the middle of it, would I feel like I was being crushed, or pulled apart?	1
If I had a solid wall behind me to 'push against' - in space - would I be able to push the moon away from me to arms length (as there is no friction)?	1
Does every quantity of liquid on earth have some kind of tide, even if way too small for the human eye to register?	1
All-in-all, which is worse for me? A pint of Coca Cola, or a pint of 'average' beer?	1
WW1, Zeppalins were used for combat. Huge balloons filled with Hydrogen, how come anything (like 1 bullet) from the ground didn't make them insta-explode?	1
If a petrol tanker had the main tanker bit fed into it's petrol tank, what would it's range be?	1
If an object was very slowly lowered through the atmosphere from space, would it still get hot?	1
I read that GPS satellites are NOT in geosynchronous orbit. So how is it possible some areas of earth could be 'bad for GPS as it's the middle of no-where' or is that an urban myth?	1