Explore the best science facts on FinalWonder, where every post is a complete list worth reading. From the people who reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench to the men who walked on the moon and the animals sent to space, our science lists cover the details most people overlook. Browse the full collection below and find your next deep dive into discovery and exploration.
Twelve people have walked on the Moon. Only 27 have touched the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The deepest known point on Earth’s seabed, a slot in the ocean floor called Challenger Deep, sits... Read More →
Somewhere on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 miles southwest of the Azores, a U.S. Navy submarine sits in roughly two miles of water with a pair of nuclear torpedoes still aboard.... Read More →
In February 1947, a small canister of fruit flies was loaded into the nose cone of a captured German V-2 rocket at White Sands, New Mexico, and launched 108 kilometers into the sky. Nobody... Read More →
Fifty-three years have passed since the last human being stood on the Moon. The total membership of that club - every person in history who has walked on another world - is twelve. Twelve... Read More →
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