Facts About Our Universe


FACT 01
On average it takes the light only 1.3 seconds to travel from the Moon to Earth.


FACT 02
There are 88 recognized star constellations in our night sky.


FACT 03
In total, Mariner 9 took 7,329 photos of Mars and stayed in orbit for 349 days.


FACT 04
Aboard a shuttle, each day an astronaut is allocated almost 4lb (1.8kg) of food to sustain them.

FACT 05
The center of a comet is called a “nucleus”.


FACT 06
As early as 240 BC the Chinese began to document the appearance of Halley’s Comet.


FACT 07
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet.


FACT 08
There are 5 Dwarf Planets recognized in our Solar System.


FACT 09
Mars is the most likely planet in our solar system to be hospitable to life.


FACT 10
The Sun is 24,000 – 26,000 light years away from the galactic center, and it takes the Sun 225 – 250 million years to complete an orbit of the Milky Way’s center.