#1

You Could Fit All The Planets In Our Solar System Between Earth And The Moon

Picture of moon in space

At apogee, when the Moon is farthest from the Earth, it's about 398,000 km surface-to-surface.

If we align the planets through their polar axes, they add up to a total distance of 364,799 km.

Phil Plait , nasa.gov Report

#2

Sunsets On Mars Would Appear Blue To Human Eyes

Sunset on Mars

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
Headless Roach
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One more reason to feel blue watching a sunset. Thank you very much.

#3

Saturn's Moon Titan Is The Only Known Place In Our Solar System Other Than Earth That Has A "Liquid Cycle"

Picture of moon Titan with liquid cycle

It is the sole other place in the Solar System known to have an earthlike cycle of liquids raining from clouds, flowing across its surface, filling lakes and seas, and evaporating back into the sky (akin to Earth’s water cycle).

nasa.gov Report

#4

Neptune Is The Only Planet In Our Solar System Not Visible To Our Naked Eye And The First Predicted By Mathematics Before Its Discovery

Picture of Neptune

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
James016
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

IIRC Neptune has not done 1 revolution round the sun since it was discovered

View more commentsArrow down menu
#5

Unless Disturbed, The Footprints On The Moon Will Remain There For Millions Of Years

Foot print on the moon

nasa.gov Report

#6

Jupiter's Moon Io Is The Most Volcanically Active Body In The Solar System

Picture of Jupiter moon surface

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
$cagsy
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I owe, I owe, So off to work I go. (Sorry, couldn't help myself)

View more commentsArrow down menu
#7

You Can Grow Up To 5 Centimeters In Space

Persons wearing space suits

nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
Powerful Katrinka
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, this reverses when you return to full gravity. And, apparently, the shrinking process hurts.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#8

About 13630 Satellites Were Placed Into Earth Orbit

Satellite in space

There is about 8850 of those satellites still in space, while about 6700 is still operational.

esa.int , nasa.gov Report

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
#9

There Are Five Dwarf Planets In Our Solar System: Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea And Eris

Picture of satellite in space and moon

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
#11

The Sun Is Predicted To Be A Little Less Than A Half Through Its Lifespan

Picture of sun

The Sun will eventually run out of energy, like all stars do.

When it starts to die, the Sun will expand into a red giant star, becoming so large that it will engulf Mercury and Venus, and possibly Earth as well.

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

#13

Uranus' Moon Miranda Has The Weirdest Surface Features Seen On A Moon

Picture of Uranus moon Miranda in space

It has giant fault canyons as much as 12 times as deep as the Grand Canyon, terraced layers and surfaces that appear very old, and others that look much younger.

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

#14

Saturn's Rings Are Made Up Of A Lot Of Small Ice Chunks, Rocks Varying In Size From Dust-Size To The Size Of Mountains

Picture of half Saturn with rings

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

ADVERTISEMENT
#16

The Biggest Storm In Our Solar System, The Great Red Spot Is Shrinking

Picture of Jupiter surface

hubblesite.org , nasa,gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
T'Mar of Vulcan
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And if you look real close, you'll see monoliths. (What? I love "2010".)

View more commentsArrow down menu
#17

There Is A Six-Sided Jet Stream Of Winds Surrounding A Huge Storm And Making Up A Hexagon Shape At Saturn's North Pole

Picture of Saturn surface

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
Remi (He/Him)
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's got something to do with the temperature being low enough that the gasses are in superconductive state. If someone remembers more or better, please correct

View more commentsArrow down menu
#19

Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede Is Not Only The Largest Moon In Our Solar System

Picture of Jupiter surface

There's also evidence that it has an underground saltwater ocean containing more water than all the water on Earth combined.

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
$cagsy
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At last! They've found somewhere that's wetter than Manchester. They will be relieved.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#20

Our Solar System Formed Around 4.5 Billion Years Ago

Picture of galaxy

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
Headless Roach
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

🎶 Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state / Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started, wait / The earth began to cool, the autotrophs began to drool / Neanderthals developed tools / We built a wall (we built the pyramids) / Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries / That all started with the big bang (bang) 🎶

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#22

There Could Be A Ninth, Giant Planet In Our Solar System

Picture of blue planet in space

Konstantin Batygin, Michael E. Brown , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
Robert B
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The difference in the amount of known objects in our solar system now from when I was a kid is mind blowing.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#23

The Sun's Outer Atmosphere, The Corona Is Hotter Then The Sun's "Surface" (Photosphere)

Picture of sun in space

The Sun's core reaches 15 million °C, the photosphere reaches only 5500 °C, while the corona can reach up to 2 million °C.

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
kitten levels tokyo
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Little known fact: the only part of the sun that we have pictures of is the Photoshere. (Rim shot)

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#26

There Is More Than 130 Million Space Debris Objects

Satellite near Earth in space

36500 space debris objects greater than 10 cm.

1000000 space debris objects from greater than 1 cm to 10 cm.

130 million space debris objects from greater than 1 mm to 1 cm.

esa.int , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
kitten levels tokyo
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

See! Headless Roach should not have been downvoted earlier for pointing this out.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#27

There's Been About 6250 Successful Rocket Launches Since 1957

Picture of rocket launch in space

esa.int , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
kitten levels tokyo
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dear Person who is pointlessly downvoting, please identify yourself in a comment so the rest of us can downvote you. Sincerely, the rest of Bored Panda.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#29

Mars Has The Largest Volcano In The Solar System, Olympus Mons

Picture of Mars surface and satellite

It's three times taller than Earth's Mt. Everest with a base the size of the state of New Mexico.

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#31

Asteroids Are Leftovers From The Formation Of Our Solar System

Picture of asteroid leftovers

spaceplace.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

#32

There Is More Than 10100 Tonnes Of Space Objects In Earth's Orbit

Picture of Earth from space

esa.int , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
Tree P
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always wonder how we manage to send up anything with all the stuff orbiting the planet!

#33

Mars' Canyon Is 7 Times Larger Than Earth's Grand Canyon

Mars surface with small robot

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
The Radio Demon
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I didn't come here to see a planetary game of "I'll show you mine if you show me yours"

#34

Every Planet In Our Solar System Has At Least A Tiny Bit Of Water In Different Forms

Picture of solar system

spacecentre.nz , nasa.gov Report

#36

Uranus Spins Sideways

Picture of Uranus in space

It rotates at a nearly 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit.

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

#37

Mercury Is The Smallest And The Closest Planet To The Sun In Our Solar System

Picture of Mercuries surface

With a radius of 1,516 miles (2,440 kilometers), Mercury is a little more than 1/3 the width of Earth.

From an average distance of 36 million miles (58 million kilometers), Mercury is 0.4 astronomical units away from the Sun.

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#38

One Day On Mercury Is About 59 Earth Days, And Mercury's One Year Equals Earth's 88 Days

Picture of Mercuries surface

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
Marek Čtrnáct
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

However, the "day" in question is sidereal day, rotation respective to the stars. Solar day, is 176 days - sun is up for a whole Mercurian year, then down for the same time.

#39

The Solar System Is Incredibly Big

Picture of satellite in space

The average distance between the Sun and Pluto is 5,913,520,000 km.

curious.astro.cornell.edu , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
Chucky Cheezburger
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you first realize the distances between objects in the universe, it can kind of leave you flabbergasted.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#40

Saturn's Moon Iapetus Is Called Yin And Yang Of Saturn Because Of Its Hemisphere

Picture of Saturn moon surface

The leading hemisphere has a reflectivity (or albedo) as dark as coal (albedo 0.03-0.05 with a slight reddish tinge) and its trailing hemisphere is much brighter at 0.5-0.6.

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
Remi (He/Him)
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is where the monolith was in the novel 2001 space Odyssey instead of around Jupiter like in the film

#42

The Sun Is The Largest Object In Our Solar System

Picture of Earth in space

To fill the Sun's volume, you would need 1.3 million Earths.

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#44

There Are Rocks From Mars Here On Earth

Picture of Mars surface with robot

jpl.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
Steve Zhang
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fun Fact: It's not related to this but every planet in the solar system has rings. Saturn just has the most obvious!!!

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#45

Venus’ Clouds, Whipped Around The Planet By Winds Measured As High As 224 Miles (360 Kilometers) Per Hour

Picture of Venus surface in space

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

#47

The Sun Is About 93 Million Miles (150 Million Kilometers) From Earth

Picture of Earth in space

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
Steve Zhang
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So your saying from question 13 that the Sun shall grow that much and then proceed to swallow Earth? Damn that's messed up. 😡

#48

Our Moon Has No Atmosphere

Picture of man on the moon with spacesuit

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

Add photo comments
POST
Nathaniel
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We need to get some gay astronauts up there then. Gay people can always get the party started! Atmosphere achieved!

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#49

The Average Temperature On Mars Is -66 Degrees Celsius (-86 Degrees Fahrenheit)

Mars surface with robots

solarsystem.nasa.gov , nasa.gov Report

#50

Our Solar System Has 8 Planets

Picture of Earth in space

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars fall under the category of terrestrial planets, Jupiter and Saturn are gas giants, and Uranus and Neptune are the ice giants.

skyandtelescope.org , nasa.gov Report

ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda