Future Predictions of the Past
Self drying clothes, holographic movie billboards, and a 2015 Cubs World Series win were three incorrect predictions made by this popular movie franchise.
Back to the Future
This telescope that had been in development for more than a decade finally launched on Christmas day of last year.
James Webb Space Telescope
This theory proposes that the universe began as an infinitesimally tiny point and expanded into the observable universe
The Big Bang
This city in Pennsylvania is known as the hot dog city of brotherly love?
Philadelphia
This person directed “The Darjeeling Limited”
Wes Anderson
In this 2009 film, a solar flare heats the Earth’s core and causes several ecological calamities. Many of the events that occurred in the film could still happen, but much to the Maya’s surprise, they got the year wrong.
2012
This rover arrived on Mars in February of last year.
Perseverance
Developed by the most well-known physicist in history, this theory has two postulates and describes the geometry of spacetime
Special Relativity
This man founded Pennsylvania
William Penn
It took this much power to power the Delorean with the flux capacitor in Back to the Future
1.21 Gigawatts
This 1726 Jonathan Swift satire correctly predicted that there are two moons with relatively short orbital periods around Mars 150 years before the moons were discovered.
Gulliver’s Travels
Amateur astronomer Kai Ly discovered EJc0061, a previously unknown moon around this gas giant.
Jupiter
Popularized by modern media, this theory proposes that the universe is actually comprised of an infinite number of universes
Many Worlds Interpretation
These three rivers meet in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Ohio River, the Allegheny River, and the Monongahela River.
This sassy Star Wars character was the first character to die in the Rogue One squad
K-2SO
This 2002 Tom Cruise film in which police are able to arrest criminals before they commit a crime correctly predicted the level of custom-tailored advertisements we see today.
Minority Report
Last year, researchers found the closest-known one of these to Earth. It has been nicknamed “The Unicorn” due to its rarity, and it weighs in at just three solar masses.
Black hole
This interdisciplinary theory deals with systems that are extremely sensitive to initial conditions
Chaos Theory
This major sporting event in Pennsylvania puts juvenile athletes in the limelight from mid to late August
The Little League World Series
This is the iconic and priceless painting stolen in "The Grand Budapest Hotel"?
Boy With Apple
Despite what many may think, Homer Simpson might be a genius. In a 1998 episode we see Homer standing next to a chalkboard with an equation that provides a slight over estimation for the mass of this particle.
Higgs Boson
In 2021, Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein were credited for finding the largest one of these ever recorded.
Comet
This theory aims to model all particles and fundamental forces as vibrations of supersymmetric strings
Superstring Theory
This largest object is located in Shippensburg, Pa
The World’s largest Paint Can
This movie garnered the male lead the youngest best actor Oscar win ever.
The Pianist