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The Top 10 Weirdest Things in Space: Weird and strange things in theuniverse


posted: 10:10 pm ET
07 January 2001

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Vote Results

After a week of voting, SPACE.com members have chosen the Number 1 Weirdest Thing in Space. They chose Nothing, which is really something. Or at least it might be.

Weird Thing (click to explore)
Votes
01. Nothing
02. The Accelerating Universe
03. Our Milky Way's Black Hole
04. Hypernovae
05. Asteroid Companions
06. The Sun's Hot Atmosphere
07. Electrostatic Levitation
08. High-Energy Cosmic Rays
09. Neutron Stars
10. Brown Dwarfs
33.4%
25.4%
12.8%
6.4%
4.9%
4.4%
3.4%
3.3%
3.3%
2.6%

Space is full of strange and often poorly understood things, from all-consuming black holes to exploding stars, from objects so dense a teaspoonful weighs a billion tons to empty "space" that may not be empty after all.

With 2001 promising to be a stellar year for space discovery, SPACE.com asked leading scientists to help us put together a list of the Top 10 Weirdest Things in Space.

Then we asked you to vote, and we've ordered the Top 10 based on the results.

Some of these objects and phenomena are pretty well understood. Others are complete mysteries. All of them remind us of the strange wonder of the cosmos.

Agree with the list? No?
Uplink your views!

About this project

The Top 10 Weirdest Things in Space was written and produced by Senior Science Writer Robert Roy Britt.

A special thanks goes out to the scientists who helped develop the list, and who provided insight into some of the weirdest things in space:

  • Morris Aizenman, National Science Foundation
  • William Merline, Southwest Research Institute
  • Matthew Genge, London Natural History Museum
  • James C. White II, Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • Markus Aschwanden, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory
  • Niel Brandt, Penn State
  • Tom Geballe, Gemini Observatory

Other researchers unwittingly contributed to the project by making some of the coolest discoveries of last year.

This project originally appeared Jan. 2, 2000. The Top 10 list was re-ordered, based on SPACE.com member votes through Noon ET on Sunday, Jan. 7.

Comments about this project are welcome.

 

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