Interesting Space Facts That Will Blow Your MindWith new space discoveries happening weekly, it's no surprise we wanted to write these 100 random & interesting facts about space!
Space facts are always interesting to learn!
As time goes by, technological advancements have seen more facts about space in the past.
We've literally searched the universe for the most amazing space facts, including facts about the planets in our solar system, moons, the Milky Way, and beyond! We're pretty sure # 100 will make you smile!
So, start your journey through time and space, and enjoy these 100 crazy facts about space!
Mercury & Venus are the only 2 planets in our solar system that have no moons.
Mercury & Venus Do not Have Moons - 100 Space Facts
In total, there are 176 confirmed moons that orbit the planet in our solar system, with some being greater than Mercury itself!
If a star passes too close to a black hole, it can be torn apart.
Star passing a black hole - 100 Space Facts
For 20 years, a team of astronomers observed a star on our planet orbiting a black hole.
The star has now got some of the "gravitational redshift" to occur which is where the star's light loses energy as the black hole's gravity intensified.
The planet in our solar system is Venus
Venus is the planet
Most people think that this will be Mercury, as it is the closest planet to the sun.
However, Venus has a lot of gasses in its environment which creates a "greenhouse effect" that causes a constant temperature of 864 ° Fahrenheit (462 ° C) everywhere on the plant's surface.
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Our solar system is 4.6 billion years old
Age of the Solar System - 100 Space Facts
Well, give or take 30 million years (ish). Accurately speaking, it is 4.571 billion years old.
Scientists estimate that in about 5 billion years, our Sun will be growing becoming a Red Giant
In about 7.5 billion years its expanding surface will swallow up and engulf the Earth.
Enceladus, one of Saturn's small moons, reflects 90% of the sun's light.
Enceladus reflects 90% of light
Because Enceladus' icy surface reflects sunlight instead of absorbing it, temperatures reach as low as -394 ° Fahrenheit (-201 ° C).
The highest mountain discovered is the Olympus Mons, which is located on Mars.
Olympus Mons comparison with Mount Everest
Its peak is 16 miles (25 km) high, making it around 3 times higher than Mount Everest
And not only is it tall, but it's also 374,015 ft² (114,000 m²) wide - that's an area the size of Arizona!
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) was the first celestial object identified as being spiral.
Whirlpool Galaxy M51
The grand, spiraling arms of the Whirlpool Galaxy are made of long lanes of stars and gas, sprinkled with lots of space dust.
These arms act as star formation factories, compressing hydrogen gas and making clusters of new stars.
A light-years
What is a light year?
Light moves at the velocity of about 186,411 miles (300,000 km) a second.
So one light-year equates to roughly 5,903,026,326,255 miles!
The Milky Way galaxy is 105,700 light-years wide.
Milky Way length
It would take a modern spacecraft to 450,000,000 years to travel to the center of our galaxy!
You can read more unbelievable space facts with this list of Milky Way facts!
The Sun weighs about 330,000 times more than Earth.
Weight of the Sun
It is about 109 times the diameter of Earth and is so large the Earth could fit around 1,300,000 times over!
In fact, the sun is so gigantic that it contains 99.85% of all mass in our solar system.
Footprints left on the moon
Footprints on the moon
But wait a minute ... if there is no wind to blow them away then why is the flag blowing? Well, it was really was blowing.
That rippling you see is a stubborn telescopic horizontal rod that the astronauts were struggling to remove from the flag's upper hem.
Still unsure Whether we've walked on the moon? Here are 5 common Moon landing myths debunked.
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