Hello internet. Today I'm going to be talking about what's going to happen to your body if it's exposed to the vacuum of space. By the way, your body will not bloat and explode like in the movies. Your skin is elastic and stretchy enough for it to contain it.
When you are exposed to the vacuum of space, there is pretty much no pressure at all, so while against the constant pressure of Earth's atmosphere, 98.6°F is normal body temperature, in space with no pressure, 98.6°F is enough to boil some of your body fluids. To add to that, bubbles of nitrogen gas will bubble in your blood (also known as ebullism), bloating your blood vessels and veins while pushing on your nerves, causing immense pain.
Also, in space where there's little pressure, the air in your lungs (if you're didn't already exhaled it) will expand. That means that if the air will escape out your esophagus and your-ahem-gastrointestinal tract, or if you're holding your breath long enough, your lungs will rupture like a balloon.
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Interesting fact of the day: There is only one metal on planet Earth that's a liquid in room temperature.
And it's Mercury! But let's talk about Mercury in a later post ;)
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