1979: the year physicist Alan Guth came up with the theory of cosmic inflation, the dramatic expansion that created our universe (this week, scientists found the first direct evidence of Guth’s theory)
681 billion pixels: the size of this new interactive map of the moon’s north pole
Close-Up of a Crater on NASA’s Lunar Map
120,000 celestial objects: the astronomical database of this Wi-Fi-connected telescope that finds stars for you
Celestron Cosmos 90 GT Wi-Fi Telescope
66,130 dry martinis: the equivalent alcohol content of the rocket fuel in one V-2 missile
A V-2 just launching
8,592 words: the vocabulary of this trash-talking, Scrabble-playing robot
12,000 square feet: the size of a luxury house from 1964 that may or may not be buried under a New York City park
Illustration of an Underground Home Living Room, with an ‘Outdoor’ View Screened Onto the Windows
140,000 homes: are powered by the world’s largest solar power tower field, which began producing electricity this January
Ivanpah Overhead
1 trillion: the number of scents that human noses can distinguish, according to a new study
22.18 billion base pairs: the size of the largest genome sequenced to date
Loblolly pine
2,300 miles: the range of Taiwan’s new stealth catamaran
Tuo Jiang’s Two Hulls
500,000 Lego bricks: went into this life-size, drivable Lego car