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!
#23
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!
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#24
The Apollo astronauts' footprints on the Moon could last up to 100 million years.
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#25
The moons of Uranus were named after characters created by Alexander Pope and William Shakespeare.
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#26
The first-ever black hole photographed is 3 million times the size of Earth.
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#28
If you drilled a tunnel through Earth and jumped in, you would reach the other side in 42 minutes and 12 seconds.
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#29
A day on Venus lasts 243 Earth days. A year on Venus lasts 225 Earth days.
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#31
The center of the Milky Way galaxy has tens of thousands of black holes.
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#35
There may be a huge planet at the edge of the Solar System nicknamed "Planet Nine".
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#36
Gamma-ray bursts can release more energy in 10 seconds than our Sun will in its entire 10 billion-year lifetime.
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#37
The radio signal that a spacecraft uses to contact Earth has no more power than a refrigerator light bulb.
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#38
Coca-Cola was the first commercial soft drink that was ever consumed in space.
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#39
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space in 1963.
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#40
The first living mammal to go into space was a dog named “Laika” from Russia.
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