100 Mind Blowing Space Facts

 

we've searched the universe for the most  fantastic space facts  including facts about the planets in our  moons solar systems  the milky way and beyond our list of 100  mind-blowing space facts will make you  smile  number 100 mercury and venus are the  only two  planets in our solar systems that have  no moons  99 if a star passes too close to a black  hole  it can be torn apart 98  the hottest planet in our solar system  is venus  97 our solar system is 4.57  billion years old 96 enceladus  one of saturn's smaller moons reflects  90  of the sun's light 95  the highest mountain discovered is the  olympus mines  which is located on mars 94  the whirlpool galaxy known as m51  was the first celestial object  identified as being spiral  93 a light year is a distance covered by  light  in a single year 92  the milky way galaxy is 105  700 light years wide 91  the sun weighs about 330 000 times more  than earth  90. footprints left on the moon won't  disappear  as there's no wind 89  because of lower gravity a person who  weighs 220 pounds on earth  would weigh only 84 pounds on mars  88 79 known moons are orbiting jupiter  87 the martian day is 24 hours  39 minutes and 35 seconds long  number 86 nasa's crater observation and  sensing satellite  l cross found water on the earth's moon  85 the sun makes a full rotation  once every 25 to 35 days  84. earth is the only planet not named  after a god 83 due to the sun and moon's  gravitational pull  we have tides 82 pluto  is smaller than the united states  81 according to mathematics white holes  are possible  although as of yet we have found none  80. there are more volcanoes on venus  than any other planet in the solar  system  79 uranus's blue glow is due to the  gases in its atmosphere  78 in our solar system four planets are  known as gas giants  jupiter saturn uranus and neptune  77 uranus has 27 moons that has been  discovered so far  76 because of its unique tilt  a season on uranus is equivalent to 21  earth years  75 neptune's moon triton  orbits the planet backwards 74  triton is gradually getting closer to  the planet it orbits  there are more stars in space than there  are grains of sands in the world  72 neptune takes nearly 165 earth years  to make  one orbit of the sun 71  pluto's largest moon charon is  half the size of pluto 70.  the international space station is the  largest artificial object  ever sent into space 69  a day of pluto lasts 153.6 hours long  68 saturn is the second largest planet  in our solar system  67. any free moving liquid in outer  space will form itself into a sphere  66 mercury venus earth and mars are  known as the  inner planets 65 we know more about mars  and our moon than we do any of our  oceans  64. the black arrow is the only british  satellite to be launched using a british  rocket 63 only 5  of the universe is visible from earth 62  light travels from the sun to the earth  in less than 10 minutes  61 at any given moment at least  2 000 thunderstorms are happening on  earth  60 the earth's rotation is slowing  slightly as time goes on  59. if you were driving at 75 miles per  hour  it would take about 258 days to move  around saturn's rings  58 outer space is only 62 miles away  57 the international space station  circles earth every 92 minutes  56. stars twinkle because of the way  light is disrupted as it passes through  earth's atmosphere  55 we always see the same side of the  moon  no matter where we stand on earth 54  there are three main types of galaxies  elliptical  spiral and irregular 53.  there are approximately 100 000 million  stars in the milky way  52. using the naked eye you can see  three to seven different galaxies from  earth  51. in 2016 scientists detected the  radio signals from a source  5 billion light years away 50.  the closest galaxy to us is the  andromeda galaxy  it's estimated at 2.5 million light  years away  49. the first supernovae observed  outside of our galaxy  was in 1885 48  the first ever black hole photographed  is 3 million times the size of earth  47 the distance between the sun and  earth  is defined as astronomical units  46 the second man on the moon was buzz  aldrin  moon was aldrin's mother's maiden name  45. buzz aldrin's birth name was edwin  eugene  aldrin jr 44 on venus  it snows metal and rain sulfuric acid  43 the mariner 10 was the first  spacecraft that visited mercury in 1974.  42 space is entirely silent  41. coca-cola was the first commercial  soft drink that was ever consumed in  space  40. astronauts can grow approximately  two inches  in height when in space 39.  the cooper belt is the region of the  solar system beyond the orbit of  neptune 38. the first woman in space was  a russian called valentina toriskova  37 if saturn's rings were three  feet long they would be ten thousand  times  thinner than a razor blade thirty-six  the hubble space telescope is one of the  most productive scientific instruments  ever built 35. the first artificial  satellite in space was called  sputnik 33. the center of the milky way  smells like rum and tastes like  raspberries  32. our moon is moving away from earth  at a rate of 1.6  inches per year 31.  pluto is named after the roman god of  the underworld  not the disney doll 30.  spacesuits helmets have velcro patches  to help astronauts scratch an edge  29. the iss is visible to more than 90  percent of the earth's population  28. saturn is the only planet that could  float in water  27. asteroids are the byproduct  of formations in the solar system more  than 4 billion years ago  26 astronauts can't burp in space  25 uranus was initially called  george's star 24  a sunset on mars is blue  23 the earth weighs about 81 times  more than the moon 22  the first living mammal to go into space  with a dog named  laika from russia 21  the word astronaut means star sailor  in its origins 20. nasa  stands for national aeronautics and  space administration  19. jennady padalka has spent more time  in space than  anyone else 18. mercury has  no atmosphere which means there is no  wind or  weather 17. in china  the milky way is known as the silver  river  16. red dwarf stars that are low in mass  can burn continuously for up to 10  trillion years 15.  scientists once believed that the same  side of mercury  always face the sun 14.  jupiter's red spot is shrinking 13.  jupiter's gravity pulls in a large  percent of asteroids  12. a day on mercury is equivalent to 58  days on earth 11. as space has no  gravity  pins won't work 10.  on average it takes the light only 1.3  seconds to travel from the moon  to the earth nine there are 88  recognized star constellations in our  night sky  eight the center of a comet is called a  nucleus seven as early as 240 bc  the chinese began to document the  appearance of haley's comet  six in 2006 the international  astronomical union reclassified pluto  as a dwarf planet five  there are five dwarf planets recognized  in our solar system  four mars is the most likely planet in  our solar system to be hospitable to  life  three haley's comet will pass over earth  again  on july 26 2061.  number two there is a planet half the  earth's radius with the surface made up  of  diamonds and number one  buzz lightyear from the toy story movies  has been to outer space  with new space discoveries happening  weekly it's no surprise we wanted to  write these 100  random and interesting facts about space