Facts About Our Universe


FACT 01
Saturn is the only planet that could float in water.


FACT 02
Telescope is a derivation of the Latin phrases tele, which means at a distance, and scopium, which means to examine or look.


FACT 03
Asteroids are the byproducts of formations in the solar system, more than 4 billion years ago.


FACT 04
Astronauts can’t burp in space.

FACT 05
Uranus was originally called “George’s Star”.


FACT 06
The Sun’s gigantic mass is accountable for 99.86% of the mass in our Solar System.


FACT 07
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) travels around the earth at almost 17,000 mph (27,300 km/h), which is just over 22 times faster than the Land Speed World Record for the fastest car ever.


FACT 08
The sunset on Mars is blue.


FACT 09
The Earth weighs about 81 times more than the Moon.


FACT 10
Mars is commonly referred to as the ‘Red Planet’ because the surface of Mars is red.