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!
#83
Light travels from the Sun to the Earth in less than 10 minutes.
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#86
Stars twinkle because of the way light is disrupted as it passes through Earth’s atmosphere.
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#88
Asteroids are the byproducts of formations in the solar system, more than 4 billion years ago.
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#89
Gennady Padalka has spent more time in space than anyone else - 879 days.
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#91
Red Dwarf stars that are low in mass can burn continually for up to 10 trillion years.
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#93
The closest known black hole is just 1500 light years away from Earth.
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#95
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!
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#96
Space is completely silent, because there is no air in space – it is a vacuum.
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#97
There are probably more than 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (1 septillion) stars in the universe.
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#98
In 3.75 billion years the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide.
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