10 Amazing Facts About SPACE
- Until 1923 scientists thought that the entire universe was just our milky way until astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that the astronomical feature known as Andromeda, a fuzzy spot in the night sky, was actually an entire other galaxy!
2. The hottest planet in our solar system is not mercury as most would assume, but it’s Venus. Due to runaway global warming, venus temperature is an incredible 863-degree Fahrenheit (462-degree Celsius)
3. Not only is venus atmosphere blazing hot but it also has an atmospheric pressure 92 times greater than the earth’s that would crush you flat as a soda can if you walked on its surface
4. The tallest mountain known to man is Olympus Mons, an extinct volcano on mars with a peak 15 miles (25 km) high. it’s nearly three times larger than Mount Everest
5. You wouldn’t be able to walk on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune because they have no solid surface
6. Footprints on the moon will stay for millions of years
7. The sunset on Mars appears blue.
