Did you know these strange facts about space?
Space is beautiful and attracts all of us, but have you ever imagined why? Maybe because it’s still unknown,
mysterious, and unexplored. The mystery of stars, moons, planets, and galaxies fascinates us whenever we look up at the sky. The most amazing thing about space is its vastness. We ask ourselves, is there any other planet with life, or are we alone in this vast Universe?
There are a lot of questions, and most of them are still unknown.
But here, we have arranged some amazing facts about space that will just blow your mind.
Space has no atmosphere. As sound waves can only travel through the atmosphere and air pressure, space is absolutely silent.
In our childhood, we all wanted to visit the stars. But we can never imagine how many stars there are in space. According to NASA, there are countless numbers of stars in space. Even the number of stars in space is a lot more than the number of grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth. The Milky Way Galaxy alone contains 100 thousand millions stars.
Though Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, Venus is the hottest planet in our entire solar system.
The sun is considered an average-sized star in space. However, a million Earths could fit inside the Sun. Astonishing, isn’t it?
Ganymede (a moon of Jupiter) is the largest moon in our solar system.
Also, Jupiter has the highest number of moons (79) in our solar system.
Spiral, irregular, and elliptical are the three main types of galaxies in space. The Milky Way Galaxy falls in the Spiral category.
Because of the lack of gravity, you can grow at least 2 inches in height when you are in space.
The first animal to travel in space was not a human, but a Russian dog named Laika.
Your normal pens would not work in space, as there’s no gravity in space. Scientists have made special pens that can work in zero gravity.
According to Yale University scientists, there’s a planet called Cancri e, whose surface is made up of graphite and diamond.
95% of the material the Universe is made of is dark matter and dark energy. So, we can only see and understand the rest 5% of it.
The sun is getting hotter day by day, and maybe after billions of years, it will become so hot that it will burn away the whole Earth.
Space is amazing. As Christa McAuliffe said, "Space is for everybody. It's not just for a few people in science or math, or for a select group of astronauts.”
