Can you see your hand in space?

But in a nutshell, no, you wouldn't be able to see any features on your hand in outer space
outer space
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, unless closer to a brighter visible wavelength light source
. You'll still be able to infer that it's still there and all fingers on it accounted for, though.


What happens if you put your bare hand in space?

The nitrogen dissolved in your bloodstream near the surface of your skin will collect itself into little bubbles. These bubbles expand, puffing you out to around twice your size, starting at your hands and feet and moving in. It's a real thing: it's called ebullism.

Can we see ourselves in space?

No. If you go to a random spot in the visible universe, you will usually be far from any galaxies because the separation between galaxies is large compared to the size of the galaxies themselves. Since distant galaxies are so dim that we can't even see them, you certainly cannot see your reflection by them.


Is it dark in deep space?

If you get away from city lights and look up, the sky between the stars appears very dark indeed. Above the Earth's atmosphere, outer space dims even further, fading to an inky pitch-black. And yet even there, space isn't absolutely black.

Can we see our past in space?

The past no longer exists, so no one can directly look at it. Instead, the telescopes are looking at the present-time pattern of a beam of light. Since the beam of light has been traveling through the mostly-empty vacuum of space for millions of years, it has been largely undisturbed.


Sleeping in Space



How fast do we age in space?

Scientists estimate that the heart, blood vessels, bones, and muscle deteriorate about 10 times faster in space than in natural aging.

What is the oldest thing we can see in space?

Because light from there has taken 2,000 years to reach us, we are actually seeing it as it was 2,000 years ago. In a very real sense, when you look out at objects in the sky, you are looking back in time. You are looking at an eight-minute-old Sun, a 2000-year-old Southern Nebula, at a 7,600-year-old Carina Nebula.

What does space smell like?

A succession of astronauts have described the smell as '… a rather pleasant metallic sensation ... [like] ... sweet-smelling welding fumes', 'burning metal', 'a distinct odour of ozone, an acrid smell', 'walnuts and brake pads', 'gunpowder' and even 'burnt almond cookie'.


Why can't we see stars in space?

The answer: The stars are there, they're just too faint to show up.

How cold is space at night?

According to data from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite, the temperature of space is 2.725K (2.725 degrees above absolute zero).

Can someone hear you in space?

Sound is a mecanical wave, which means that it needs substance to travel through, such as air or water. In space, there is no air, so sound has nothing to travel through.


Does time exist in space?

Although there is nothing in physics that says time must flow in a certain direction, scientists generally agree that time is a very real property of the Universe. Our science is thus based on the assumption that the laws of physics, and the passage of time, exist throughout the Universe.

Why can we see 46 billion light years away?

The light that travels the longest gets stretched by the greatest amount, and the object that emitted that light is now at a greater distance because the universe is expanding. We can see objects up to 46.1 billion light-years away precisely because of the expanding universe.

Would your blood boil in space?

First, the good news: Your blood won't boil. On Earth, liquids boil at a lower temperature when there's less atmospheric pressure; outer space is a vacuum, with no pressure at all; hence the blood boiling idea.


Have we ever lost someone in space?

A total of 18 people have lost their lives either while in space or in preparation for a space mission, in four separate incidents.

Would you freeze instantly in space?

This would not happen. Though space is typically very cold -- most floating objects have a surface temperature of -454.8 degrees Fahrenheit -- a person would not instantly freeze because heat does not transfer away from the body very quickly.

Can astronauts see the Sun in space?

The International Space Station travels at a brisk 17,100 miles per hour. That means it orbits Earth every 90 minutes—so it sees a sunrise every 90 minutes. Thus, every day, the residents of the ISS witness 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets.


Can you touch a star in space?

Stars are comprised of burning gases. Touching them would be impossible.

Can astronauts have tattoos?

Myths about astronaut requirements

As a teenager, I was told that getting a tattoo would mean I could never be an astronaut. This is not at all true. In fact, some Apollo astronauts were given tattoos– small dots to show where defibrillator pads should be placed in case of a medical emergency.

Does space have a end?

No, they don't believe there's an end to space. However, we can only see a certain volume of all that's out there. Since the universe is 13.8 billion years old, light from a galaxy more than 13.8 billion light-years away hasn't had time to reach us yet, so we have no way of knowing such a galaxy exists.


Is there a color in space?

Space emits many wavelengths of light - including a lot of blue and red light that our human eyes can see - but also ultraviolet light, gamma rays, and X-rays, which remain invisible to us.

What is the actual Colour of space?

It turns out that if the universe was infinitely large and infinitely old, then we would expect the night sky to be bright from the light of all those stars. Every direction you looked in space you would be looking at a star. Yet we know from experience that space is black!

What existed before space?

In the beginning, there was an infinitely dense, tiny ball of matter. Then, it all went bang, giving rise to the atoms, molecules, stars and galaxies we see today.


What is the most powerful thing in the universe?

That's about the same amount of energy in 10 trillion trillion billion megaton bombs! These explosions generate beams of high-energy radiation, called gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which are considered by astronomers to be the most powerful thing in the universe.

When was the first death in space?

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov, (born March 16, 1927, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. —died April 24, 1967, Kazakhstan), Soviet cosmonaut, the first man known to have died during a space mission.