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152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between

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Do thoughts about an endless sky above start bothering you minutes before you should fall asleep? Black holes make you unexplainably anxious? Are extraterrestrials real? As vast and unexplored as space is, there sure are plenty of cool scientific facts to put your mind at rest. And, to save you (and ourselves) from another sleepless night spent wondering about the miracles (or science) of the universe, we've rounded up some of the most important space facts in this fun little article.

From the length of the day on various planets in our solar system to diamond showers and the actual size of heavenly bodies compared to a unit of measurement we all understand - football stadiums - all the basics are covered in our facts about space. After the groundwork comes the more complex questions about gaseous compositions, thermodynamics, and such - no stone unturned in these cool facts about space! And, the further we dig into the core topics of our universe, the more at ease you'll probably start to feel. At least we do desperately hope that these fun facts about space will soothe you and calm you instead of scrambling your thoughts on black holes even further.

Now, jump into your moon boots, and let's explore the universe of cool space facts together! Although presumably, they should be somewhere higher up, the interesting facts are instead a bit further down. Once you are there, rank the bits of info by their unexpectedness and share this article with your friends!

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#1

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between The sun's mass takes up 99.86% of our Solar System.

nhm.ac.uk , Lenstravelier Report

19points

#2

When you look at a star, what you actually see is how it was in the past.

wtamu.edu Report

19points

Robert T 2 years ago

The further away it is, the further into the past you are looking.

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#3

Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere.

usgs.gov Report

19points

third molar 2 years ago

Except Earth. Earth is flat. (Sic)

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#4

The sunset on Mars appears blue.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

18points

harpling 2 years ago

The Rover got some really cool pictures! https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/925/what-does-a-sunrise-sunset-look-like-on-mars/

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#5

Saturn would float in water.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

18points

harpling 2 years ago

I remember seeing an illustration of this in The Magic School Bus when I was a kid, Saturn floating in a huge bathtub, scrubbing itself with a loofah.

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#6

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between A large percentage of asteroids are pulled in by Jupiter’s gravity and it protects us from cosmic impacts.

sciencefocus.com , Javier Miranda Report

18points

setsuriseikou 2 years ago

Thank you, Jupiter!

6points

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#7

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth. That’s at least a billion trillion!

17points

#8

Earth’s Moon is the fifth largest moon in the solar system.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

17points

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#9

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between We know more about Mars and our Moon than we do about our oceans.

saildrone.com , Govind H Report

17points

Thegoodboi 2 years ago

Do we though? O.o...Do we...?

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#10

Scientists have found a void in space 1 billion miles wide that could be a parallel universe.

newscientist.com Report

17points

MedusaWasBeautiful 2 years ago

A billion mies in space is incredibly small.

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#11

Saturn has a huge extra ring that was only discovered in 2009.

science.nasa.gov Report

17points

third molar 2 years ago

What do you mean "extra" !!!

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#12

An asteroid about the size of a car enters Earth’s atmosphere roughly once a year – but it burns up before it reaches us.

nasa.gov Report

16points

Noltha 2 years ago

Not burns, but evaporates.

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#13

Space is not completely empty, but there are only about ten atoms per cubic meter of space.

physicsoftheuniverse.com Report

15points

Lee Macro 2 years ago

Interstellar space only contains approx. 0.25 atoms per cubic meter

0points

#14

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between If you were to stand on the surface of Mars on the equator at noon, it would feel like spring at your feet (75°F or 24°C) and winter at your head (32°F or 0 °C).

solarsystem.nasa.gov , Nicolas Lobos Report

15points

setsuriseikou 2 years ago

Ok, so the shoes and the hat are sorted out, but is it a T-shirt or a jacket in between?

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#15

On Venus, it snows metal and rains sulfuric acid.

source.wustl.edu Report

15points

#16

Dung beetles can use the Milky Way for orientation.

cell.com Report

15points

Got Banned But Now I'm Back 2 years ago

This made no sense to me, so I looked it up. What the heck, dung beetles? Amazing stuff.

5points

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#17

One million Earths could fit inside the Sun – and the Sun is considered an average-size star.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

14points

MedusaWasBeautiful 2 years ago

Not very. The sun is a dwarf class star.

2points

#18

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Comets are leftovers from the creation of our solar system about 4.5 billion years ago – they consist of sand, ice and carbon dioxide.

solarsystem.nasa.gov , Justin Wolff Report

14points

#19

There is a planet made of diamonds.

space.com Report

14points

DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

The 0.1% has entered the chat.

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#20

About 1.4 billion years ago, a day on Earth was just 18 hours 41 minutes long.

science.org Report

14points

#21

The Apollo astronauts' footprints on the Moon could last up to 100 million years.

nasa.gov Report

13points

Thegoodboi 2 years ago

"Thegoodboi was here 😊"

1point

#22

The moons of Uranus were named after characters created by Alexander Pope and William Shakespeare.

space-facts.com Report

13points

Robert T 2 years ago

Is Uranus not named after the Shakespeare character, Bottom?

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#23

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Mercury is still shrinking.

nasa.gov , Neven Krcmarek Report

13points

Robert T 2 years ago

I thought it was rising. Well that's what Bruce Willis said.

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#24

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Pluto is smaller than the United States.

nasa.gov , TheSpaceway Report

13points

DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

Pluto is a planet and I'll die on this hill.

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#25

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between For years it was believed that Earth was the only planet in our solar system with liquid water. More recently, NASA revealed its strongest evidence yet that there is intermittent running water on Mars, too!

nasa.gov , ROMAN ODINTSOV Report

12points

David Phillips 2 years ago

"Intermittent running water"? So Mars is in fact a cheap apartment in a run-down neighbourhood.

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#26

A day on Venus lasts 243 Earth days. A year on Venus lasts 225 Earth days.

spaceplace.nasa.gov Report

12points

Jillian Harris 2 years ago

So it takes Venus 243 earth days to rotate one time. But it takes Venus 225 earth days to rotate once around the sun. Not gonna lie. I was confused at first lol

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#27

The International Space Station (ISS) is the size of a football field.

nasa.gov Report

12points

Ace 2 years ago

What's that in bananas?

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#28

It is possible to see the International Space Station from your backyard.

nasa.gov Report

12points

setsuriseikou 2 years ago

Hey, how do you know that? I'm pretty sure I've never invited you to my backyard!

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#29

There are more than 4,000 known exoplanets, and counting.

exoplanets.nasa.gov Report

12points

#30

There may be a huge planet at the edge of the Solar System nicknamed "Planet Nine".

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

12points

Himiko 2 years ago

You mean Pluto? (joke)

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#31

Gamma-ray bursts can release more energy in 10 seconds than our Sun will in its entire 10 billion-year lifetime.

starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov Report

12points

Thegoodboi 2 years ago

Welp

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#32

The radio signal that a spacecraft uses to contact Earth has no more power than a refrigerator light bulb.

nasa.gov Report

12points

#33

The first-ever black hole photographed is 3 million times the size of Earth.

12points

Thegoodboi 2 years ago

Spaghetti noodle maker

3points

#34

Coca-Cola was the first commercial soft drink that was ever consumed in space.

coca-colacompany.com Report

12points

Nenyone_yay 2 years ago

Sponsored

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#35

Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space in 1963.

history.com Report

12points

#36

The first living mammal to go into space was a dog named “Laika” from Russia.

rmg.co.uk Report

12points

setsuriseikou 2 years ago

Alas, she didn't make it back alive, dying from overheating some hours into the flight.

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#37

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between The word “astronaut” means “star sailor” in its origins.

bbc.co.uk , WikiImages Report

12points

Swingstoon 2 years ago

And also the word cosmonaut means " Universe sailor" I read that fact in a book

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#38

If you drilled a tunnel through Earth and jumped in, you would reach the other side in 42 minutes and 12 seconds.

livescience.com Report

12points

Sleestak 2 years ago

Wouldn't you bounce back and forth until you stopped in the center?

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#39

The center of the Milky Way galaxy has tens of thousands of black holes.

npr.org , nature.com Report

11points

David Phillips 2 years ago

...which will eventually consume the entire galaxy. Just something to look forward to.

1point

#40

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between The largest known asteroid is 940 km wide.

spacereference.org , Bryan Goff Report

11points

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#41

Saturn has 83 known moons and counting.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

11points

#42

There are 2,000,000,000,000 galaxies in the observable universe.

nasa.gov Report

11points

Sleestak 2 years ago

That's a suspiciously round number.

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#43

Voyager 1 and 2 have been operating for more than 40 years.

voyager.jpl.nasa.gov Report

11points

Thegoodboi 2 years ago

Here's to 40 more 🍺

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#44

There is a planet in our galaxy where the daytime temperature is nearly 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and it possibly rains glass horizontally.

nasa.gov Report

11points

Thegoodboi 2 years ago

My house when I eat my wife's last ice cream..

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#45

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between An estimated price of the spacesuit made in 1974 is between $15 and $22 million per unit.

slashgear.com , Pixabay Report

10points

Got Banned But Now I'm Back 2 years ago

That's a pretty big discrepancy! LOL!

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#46

Halley's Comet won’t orbit past Earth again until 2061.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

10points

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#47

If two pieces of the same type of metal touch in space they will permanently bond.

scientificliteracymatters.com Report

10points

Virgil Blue 2 years ago

Vacuum welding is quote a headache when designing satellites and space stations/ships. Gotta be careful not to make moving bits out of the same stuff.

2points

#48

Saturn's moon Titan has lakes, too. The liquid in Titan's lakes isn't water - it's a substance called methane.

snexplores.org Report

10points

Robert T 2 years ago

Liquid methane. Methane boils at -162C. Don't expect to go for a swim.

3points

#49

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between The Moon is lemon-shaped.

space.com , samer daboul Report

10points

Robert T 2 years ago

Or are lemons moon-shaped?

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#50

The Sun loses a billion kilos per second.

slate.com Report

10points

harpling 2 years ago

I bet it's doing keto, maybe some intermittent fasting.

5points

#51

The Sun makes a full rotation once every 25 – 35 days.

soho.nascom.nasa.gov Report

10points

setsuriseikou 2 years ago

Oh, so it rotates, just like the planets? Have never thought about it.

4points

#52

We always see the same side of the Moon, no matter where we stand on Earth.

discovermagazine.com Report

10points

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#53

There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way.

nature.com Report

9points

Laura Colamarino 2 years ago

Wrong

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#54

All planets in the solar system have been visited by uncrewed spacecraft.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

9points

Virgil Blue 2 years ago

Kind of depends on how you define visited, but we did fly relatively close to them at least.

0points

#55

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Planets can wander through space without a parent star.

earthsky.org , Bryan Goff Report

9points

Virgil Blue 2 years ago

Rogue planets. Theories go that at least one of our orbitals is a captured rogue one and maybe another crashed into early earth with part of it and earth eventually becoming the moon.

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#56

Because of its unique tilt, a season on Uranus is equivalent to 21 Earth years.

nasa.gov Report

9points

Headless Roach 2 years ago

So winter lasting 21 years straight? Thank you but no.

2points

#57

In 2016, scientists detected a radio signal from a source 5 billion light-years away.

sciencealert.com Report

9points

Steve Robert 2 years ago

It was a Kids For Cars commercial

-2points

#58

Astronauts can’t burp in space.

9points

Aww but Eww 2 years ago

What? How? Why? What happens if they do? Do they explode? I need more info!

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#59

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between There’s a gas cloud in the constellation of Aquila that holds enough alcohol to make 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.

nrao.edu , WikiImages Report

9points

Thegoodboi 2 years ago

Just sprinkle us alcoholics in there please.

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#60

You have to travel at least 11.2 km per second to escape the Earth's gravity.

letstalkscience.ca Report

9points

#61

You wouldn’t be able to walk on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune because they have no solid surface!

jpl.nasa.gov Report

8points

Robert T 2 years ago

Hence why they are called The Gas Giants.

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#62

If you could fly a plane to Pluto, the trip would take more than 800 years.

natgeokids.com Report

8points

Jaaawn 2 years ago

800 years of a child crying and kicking the back of your seat too.

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#63

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Uranus orbits the Sun on its side.

solarsystem.nasa.gov , Planet Volumes Report

8points

Ploploplop 2 years ago

My what does what now?

1point

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#64

Enceladus, Saturn’s Moon, is the most reflective body in the solar system.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

8points

XenoMurph 2 years ago

You've never been to an Irish beach then.

3points

#65

Jupiter's moon Io has towering volcanic eruptions.

nasa.gov Report

8points

Virgil Blue 2 years ago

They almost leave orbit.

0points

#66

There are mountains on Pluto.

nasa.gov Report

8points

#67

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Saturn has a hexagonal-shaped storm.

pnas.org , 18796645 Report

8points

Virgil Blue 2 years ago

With little hexagonal storms at each of its points. Looks like an alien array from a movie.

0points

#68

One teaspoonful of neutron star would weigh the same as the Mount Everest.

astronomy.com Report

8points

setsuriseikou 2 years ago

Talk about being dense!

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#69

The Moon is getting farther away every year.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

8points

setsuriseikou 2 years ago

So loving to the Moon and back also means that the feeling is only getting deeper?

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#70

Outer Space is only 62 vertical miles (100 km) away.

jpl.nasa.gov Report

8points

setsuriseikou 2 years ago

And in bananas?

1point

#71

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between The International Space Station circles Earth every 90 minutes.

nasa.gov , SpaceX Report

8points

#72

Stars twinkle because of the way light is disrupted as it passes through Earth’s atmosphere.

earthsky.org Report

8points

#73

Asteroids are the byproducts of formations in the solar system, more than 4 billion years ago.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

8points

Steve Robert 2 years ago

Preparation H to the rescue

0points

#74

Gennady Padalka has spent more time in space than anyone else - 879 days.

nationalgeographic.com Report

8points

#75

Mercury has no atmosphere, which means there is no wind or weather.

weather.gov Report

8points

Stevo 2 years ago

That is not technically true. Mercury has a thin atmosphere composed of 42% oxygen, 29% sodium, 22% hydrogen, 6% helium, and 0.5% potassium at 1 nPa of pressure.

7points

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#76

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Red Dwarf stars that are low in mass can burn continually for up to 10 trillion years.

space.com , Daniel Cid Report

8points

#77

Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story has actually been to outer space!

space.com Report

8points

Pedantic Panda 2 years ago

And Sean the sheep is going to go as well!

3points

#78

There are rogue planets that have been knocked out of orbit just chilling out in the universe, and they could do the same to another planet.

discovermagazine.com Report

8points

Virgil Blue 2 years ago

Giants like Jupiter can swallow them or even brake and bend their trajectory so much they can settle as a moon or planet.

0points

#79

Saturn's rings sort of vanish every now and then.

science.nasa.gov Report

8points

K W 2 years ago

Probably takes them off while doing dishes

1point

#80

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between If you fell into a black hole, you'd get stretched out like spaghetti.

newsweek.com , geralt Report

8points

Thegoodboi 2 years ago

Mmm spaghetti

1point

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#81

The dead skin of your feet peels off in Space.

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8points

Thegoodboi 2 years ago

Oooo don't have to pay the nice lady to power sand my feet!

4points

#82

VY Canis Majoris is the biggest star in the universe - about 2000 times the diameter of our Sun.

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8points

Kenneth McCartney 2 years ago

Biggest known in our galaxy.

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#83

Space junk is any human-made object orbiting Earth that no longer serves a useful purpose. Scientists estimate there are about 500,000 pieces of space junk today, including fragments from rockets and satellites, and everyday items like spanners dropped during construction of the International Space Station.

nationalgeographic.com Report

7points

#84

The hottest planet is our Solar System is Venus reaching 867°F (464°C).

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

7points

#85

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between NASA has recorded eerie space "sounds."

nasa.gov , Katie Lyke Report

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#86

You would last about 15 seconds in space without a spacesuit.

livescience.com Report

7points

harpling 2 years ago

Better hope there's spaceship with an Infinite Improbability Drive somewhere in the vicinity.

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#87

Neutron stars can spin 600 times per second.

astronomy.swin.edu.au Report

7points

#88

In 3.75 billion years the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide.

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7points

#89

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between There is floating water in space.

nasa.gov , Anja Bauermann Report

7points

Super sonic Sonic 1 year ago

I lick it

0points

#90

The gas giant Jupiter is a failed star.

scientificamerican.com Report

7points

Thegoodboi 2 years ago

Aren't we all in a way?

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#91

Pluto and Charon could be a double dwarf planet system.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

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#92

More than 600 human beings have now been to space.

nytimes.com Report

7points

#93

The solar atmosphere is 300 times hotter than the Sun's surface - up to more than a million degrees.

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7points

#94

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Clouds at the center of the Milky Way smell of rum, taste of raspberries and are packed with booze.

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I thought the Milky Way tastes of caramel and nougat

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#95

There is gravity on the ISS.

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7points

#96

Mercury is the fastest planet in our solar system.

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7points

harpling 2 years ago

Hence the name

1point

#97

If a star passes too close to a black hole, it can be torn apart.

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#98

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between A day in Mars is only 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth.

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Headless Roach 2 years ago

You say “only”, I say “an amazing 40 minutes of extra sleep”. We are not the same.

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#99

In our solar system that are 4 planets known as gas giants: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

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7points

Maik 2 years ago

Uranus is very gassy, indeed

1point

#100

Neptune’s moon, Triton, orbits the planet backwards.

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7points

setsuriseikou 2 years ago

Moonwalking?

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#101

Light travels from the Sun to the Earth in less than 10 minutes.

image.gsfc.nasa.gov Report

7points

#102

Spacesuit helmets have a Velcro patch, to help astronauts itch.

cosi.org Report

7points

#103

Usain Bolt's speed would actually allow him to fly like a bird on one of Saturn’s moons while wearing a wingsuit.

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#104

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between There's an asteroid called Chariklo in our solar system that has rings, like Saturn.

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7points

#105

The closest known black hole is just 1500 light years away from Earth.

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7points

#106

The highest mountain known to man is on an asteroid called Vesta. Measuring a whopping 22km in height, it is three times as tall as Mount Everest!

space.com Report

6points

#107

Space is completely silent, because there is no air in space – it is a vacuum.

6points

Mystery Kitteh 5 months ago

Aren't there recordings of planets sounds?

0points

#108

In the darkest parts of space, temperatures can reach -454°F. But if you're orbiting near Earth in the sunlight, space is a toasty 250°F.

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#109

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Space is vacuum but it's an imperfect vacuum because it contains a low density of particles like clouds of interstellar dust, space plasma, and cosmic rays.

qrg.northwestern.edu , Luminas_Art Report

6points

#110

There are probably more than 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (1 septillion) stars in the universe.

6points

#111

The Moon was once a piece of the Earth.

nhm.ac.uk Report

6points

Got Banned But Now I'm Back 2 years ago (edited)

THEORIES: The Fission Theory: This theory proposes that the Moon was once part of the Earth and somehow separated from the Earth early in the history of the solar system. The present Pacific Ocean basin is the most popular site for the part of the Earth from which the Moon came. This theory was thought possible since the Moon's composition resembles that of the Earth's mantle and a rapidly spinning Earth could have cast off the Moon from its outer layers. However, the present-day Earth-Moon system should contain "fossil evidence" of this rapid spin and it does not. Also, this hypothesis does not have a natural explanation for the extra baking the lunar material has received. The Capture Theory: This theory proposes that the Moon was formed somewhere else in the solar system, and was later captured by the gravitational field of the Earth. The Moon's different chemical composition could be explained if it formed elsewhere in the solar system, however, capture into the Moon's present orbit is very improbable. Something would have to slow it down by just the right amount at just the right time, and scientists are reluctant to believe in such "fine tuning". Also, this hypothesis does not have a natural explanation for the extra baking the lunar material has received. The Condensation Theory: This theory proposes that the Moon and the Earth condensed individually from the nebula that formed the solar system, with the Moon formed in orbit around the Earth. However, if the Moon formed in the vicinity of the Earth it should have nearly the same composition. Specifically, it should possess a significant iron core, and it does not. Also, this hypothesis does not have a natural explanation for the extra baking the lunar material has received.

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#112

Mercury and Venus are the only planets with no moons.

image.gsfc.nasa.gov Report

6points

#113

Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet, not a planet.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

6points

#114

The Sun will engulf Earth 5 billion years from now.

scientificamerican.com Report

6points

Steve Robert 2 years ago

By then, your car warranty will have expired

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#115

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Galaxies are either elliptical, spiral, or irregular.

nasa.gov , Arnaud Mariat Report

6points

#116

Most galaxies have a central black hole.

nasa.gov Report

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#117

A rose was brought to space in 1998.

nasa.gov Report

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#118

Shooting stars are space debris that burn up when they enter Earth’s atmosphere.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

6points

#119

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between We often see astronauts in white spacesuits, but there are orange spacesuits too - it stands out against the ocean or the sky.

livescience.com , Cash Macanaya Report

6points

#120

One Mercury day lasts exactly two Mercury years.

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#121

If your spacesuit started leaking, you could survive for a couple of minutes.

scientificamerican.com Report

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setsuriseikou 2 years ago

But will these couple of minutes be worth it?

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#122

Black holes have theoretical opposites known as white holes.

space.com Report

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Linus Bourque 2 years ago

This one intrigued me enough to look: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_hole

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#123

Most Sun-like stars in our galaxy are in multiple star systems.

spaceplace.nasa.gov Report

6points

#124

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Our days are getting longer - but scientists don't know why.

sciencealert.com , jonathan emili Report

6points

#125

More than 1,300 Earths would fit into Jupiter’s vast sphere.

nasa.gov Report

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#126

Mars has about one-third the gravity of Earth.

nasa.gov Report

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#127

Valles Marineris is not just the largest canyon on Mars, but at 4000 km long, 200 km wide and 10 km deep it is the largest in the entire Solar System.

science.nasa.gov Report

6points

#128

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) was the first celestial object identified as being spiral.

nasa.gov Report

6points

#129

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between The Milky Way galaxy is 105,700 light-years wide.

starwalk.space , Denis Degioanni Report

6points

#130

Earth is the only planet not named after a God.

universetoday.com Report

6points

#131

Only 5% of the universe is visible from Earth.

nationalgeographic.com Report

6points

#132

Uranus was originally called "Georgium Sidus" or “George’s Star”.

starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov Report

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Steve Robert 2 years ago

Because of students snickering at its name, scientists have changed the name Uranus to Urectum

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#133

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between In China, the Milky Way is known as the “Silver River”

amnh.org , Christian Lue Report

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setsuriseikou 2 years ago

Same in Japan.

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#134

There are 88 recognized star constellations in our night sky.

starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov Report

6points

#135

Falling space junk has a 10% chance of killing someone in the next decade.

universetoday.com Report

6points

Thegoodboi 2 years ago

*Pulls out umbrella*

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#136

The biggest black hole is Monster Black Hole.

space.com Report

6points

MedusaWasBeautiful 2 years ago

.....Not so. Ton 618 is the is the most massive black hole yet to be found.

2points

#137

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Launching things into space is wildly expensive.

secretsofuniverse.in , Leonel Fernandez Report

5points

Oerff On Tour 2 years ago

Especially for the environment

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#138

There are five officially recognized dwarf planets in the solar system.

turito.com Report

5points

Steve Robert 2 years ago

Is Snow White hiding the other two?

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#139

Massive stars end their lives through supernova explosions.

astronomy.ohio-state.edu Report

5points

#140

The boundary of the solar system ends in a spherical cloud known as the Oort cloud.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

5points

#141

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Astronauts grow taller in space.

spacecentre.co.uk , Brian McGowan Report

5points

#142

The closest star system to us, Proxima Centauri, is 4.25 light-years away.

imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov Report

5points

#143

Other planets, and even a moon, have auroras too.

spaceplace.nasa.gov Report

5points

#144

Super-hurricane-force winds on Venus are getting stronger.

sci.esa.int Report

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#145

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Rings are a lot more common in the Solar System than we thought.

iflscience.com , Yong Chuan Tan Report

5points

#146

The universe is observed to be 13.8 billion years old and has been expanding since its formation in the Big Bang.

starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov Report

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Oerff On Tour 2 years ago

Not just expanding, ACCELERATING

1point

#147

If Jupiter’s magnetic field were visible, it would appear bigger than the Moon.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

5points

#148

Neptune has only completed one orbit around the Sun since its discovery in 1846.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

5points

#149

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between Heat from the Big Bang is still around today.

space.com , eli007 Report

5points

#150

Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, is half the size of Pluto.

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

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#151

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are known as the “Inner Planets”.

starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov Report

5points

#152

152 Space Facts About Planets, Black Holes, And Everything In Between The first artificial satellite in space was called “Sputnik".

education.nationalgeographic.org , Sean Foster Report

5points

setsuriseikou 2 years ago

A Russian word that means.... wait for it... "satellite"!

1point

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Viltė is a SEO List curator here at Bored Panda. She graduated in Applied Photography, so is no stranger to visual and artistic content. Despite her professional path, she also loves watching TV series, even could binge watch them all day long. Viltė also owns a pet crab at home, named Pūkis - Fluffy (spoiler alert: he's not fluffy at all).

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MedusaWasBeautiful 2 years ago

No explanation is given for quite a few of these and the information is questionable.

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Got Banned But Now I'm Back 2 years ago

Agreed. I liked that you called out some of the things I questioned, too. I did look up a couple and was surprised. the dung beetle thing? Like how do they KNOW the tiny buggies are looking at THAT? Why not just the stars? Or their inner navigation systems? But there IS a study. Whether it's true or not... I dunno.

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MedusaWasBeautiful 2 years ago

No explanation is given for quite a few of these and the information is questionable.

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Got Banned But Now I'm Back 2 years ago

Agreed. I liked that you called out some of the things I questioned, too. I did look up a couple and was surprised. the dung beetle thing? Like how do they KNOW the tiny buggies are looking at THAT? Why not just the stars? Or their inner navigation systems? But there IS a study. Whether it's true or not... I dunno.

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