It’s always interesting to listen to scientific explanations and make sense of different scientists’ theories. However, science doesn’t explain everything- many happenings are mysteries to even the greatest scientists. From the depths of the ocean to the most mysterious body parts, here are five mysteries that scientists are still trying to figure out.
Why is Venus the unfortunate twin?
Venus and Earth were formed at the same time and were made of the same elements. However, Venus has an atmosphere almost totally made of carbon dioxide and highly corrosive sulfuric acid covering its volcanic landscape of lava flows.
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As if that weren’t dangerous enough, Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system at 900°F, with a pressure that is 92 times the sea level pressure on Earth. Scientists can’t explain why Venus is Hell and Earth is paradise. The possible reasons are that the sun ‘cooked’ Venus or volcanoes did.
Smartness without brain cells?
We were taught in school that the brain is the center of intelligence, but it seems this brainless organism has defied all odds. Known as slime mold, the yellow goo has shown features that scientists didn’t expect.
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Slime molds are single-celled organisms that can fuse themselves to form a mass– with no brains involved. However, these organisms can solve mazes and may even be able to keep track of time and make risk-benefit decisions. Scientists are trying to know how they do this.
What exactly is ball lightning?
Ball lightning is a fascinating sphere of light that crackles, glows, and hovers during thunderstorms; there have been several stories about it for thousands of years. But what is it, and where does it come from?
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Lasting for just some moments, where and when it will appear can’t be predicted. Scientists think they are an out-of-the-world apparition and have been unable to know exactly what they are. Ball lightning is one of the most mysterious weather phenomena on our planet.
What goes on in a black hole?
A black hole has a very strong gravity that anything dropped into it cannot be retrieved. However, quantum mechanics, a branch of science, claims that the information of an object sucked into a black hole cannot be destroyed. So where does it go?
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Different scientists have argued over the topic; one of the most recent suggestions was that the information stays on the event horizon, the black hole’s boundary. However, the explanation hasn’t been established yet.
What is in the ocean’s twilight zone?
The twilight zone is an area about 200 meters beneath the ocean’s surface where sunlight fades. In this zone, everything is dark as sunlight goes out of view almost totally. Scientists have tried to explain the dark zone phenomenon.
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There is a possibility that the dark region houses more fish than the rest of the ocean altogether, and these creatures significantly regulate the climate. However, it’s just a possibility, and scientists don’t know yet.