21 FACTS ABOUT SPACE
#1- ASTRONAUTS CAN LIVE IN THE SPACE STATION FOR MORE THAN AN YEAR
#2- SATURN’S RINGS ARE MADE UP OF MILLIONS OF TINY MOONS
#3- 1 SPACE SHUTTLE CAN STAY IN SPACE FOR AT LEAST 10 DAYS
#4- WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE SIZE OF SPACE ? SPACE IS SO HUGE THAT IT WOULD TAKE A SPACESHIP 100,000 YEARS TO REACH ONE OF THE NEAREST STARS
#5- HEARD ABOUT COMETS ? IT IS A MIXTURE OF FROZEN ICE , GASES AND DUST . IT TRAVELS AROUND THE SUN AND IT’S TAIL CAN BE THOUSANDS OF MILES LONG .
#6- CAN SPIDERS COME ON SPACE ? THE ANSWER IS YES ! ALSO , A SPIDER NAMED ARABELLA MANAGED TO SPIN HER WEB IN SPACE
#7- VISITORS TO THE MOON DROVE A SPECIAL VEHICLE CALLED A LUNAR ROVER OVER THE MOON’S SURFACE
#8- IN 3.75 BILLION YEARS THE ANDROMEDA AND THE MILKY WAY GALAXY WILL CRASH INTO EACH OTHER
#9- 1 HOUR IN SPACE EQUALS 7 YEARS ON EARTH
#10- DEEP INSIDE NEPTUNE AND URANUS , IT RAINS DIAMONDS
#11- THE ASTRONAUTS’ FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON WILL STAY THERE FOR AT LEAST 100 MILLION YEARS
#12- A NEBULA IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF A STAR
#13- 300 MILLION YEARS AFTER THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED , FILAMENTS CLUMPED INTO CLOUDS , AND CLOUDS BEGAN TO CLUMP TOGETHER TO FORM GALAXIES AND STARS
#14- EARTH WAS A GLOWING BALL OF FIRE WHEN IT WAS FORMED
#15- THE PISTOL STAR IS THE MOST LUMINOUS STAR EVER FOUND AND IS 10 MILLION TIMES THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN
#16- EVERY YEAR , THE MOON MOVES AWAY FROM THE EARTH BY 3.8 CENTIMETERS
#17- A NEW STAR IN OUR GALAXY IS BORN EVERY 18 DAYS
#18- IT TAKES 165 YEARS FOR NEPTUNE TO ORBIT THE SUN
#19- MERCURY SHRINKS . AND IT’S STILL SHRINKING
#20 – EARTH HAD SWALLOWED ANOTHER PLANET , AND DUE TO THAT , LIFE EXISTS ON EARTH .
#21- THERE IS WATER ON THE MOON
