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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Massive stars end their lives through supernova explosions.
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#142
The boundary of the solar system ends in a spherical cloud known as the Oort cloud.
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The closest star system to us, Proxima Centauri, is 4.25 light-years away.
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#146

Rings are a lot more common in the Solar System than we thought.
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#147
If Jupiter’s magnetic field were visible, it would appear bigger than the Moon.
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#148
Neptune has only completed one orbit around the Sun since its discovery in 1846.
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Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are known as the “Inner Planets”.
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#152

The first artificial satellite in space was called “Sputnik".
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