[Space fact 1] The moon’s core is 2-4% of its mass, whereas Earth’s core is about 30% of its mass.
[Space fact 2] The most distant known objects in our universe are quasars, which are matter breaking apart as it spirals into a black hole. The nearest one is billions of light years away. Quasars are one of the most ancient, powerful, luminous, and energetic objects known in the universe, emitting up to 1,000 times the energy output of the Milky Way, which contains 200–400 billion stars.
[Space fact 3] All of Uranus's 27 moons are named after characters from William Shakespeare's plays or characters in the works of Alexander Pope.
[Space fact 4] Because Saturn spins on a tilt, it has seasons. Summer on Saturn lasts about eight Earth years.
[Space fact 5] The reason why NASA (and later the Russians) use a specialized space pen instead of the pencil in space is because the graphite of pencils is conductive and can cause short circuits and even fires. The pens have been used since the Apollo era and are still being used right now on the ISS.
[Space fact 6] Theorists believe that if you tune a television to any channel it doesn’t receive, about 1% of the static on it is an ancient remnant of the Big Bang.
[Space fact 7] Ancient astronomers called Venus both Phosphorous and Hesperus, mistakenly believing that the object visible in the morning and evening were two separate celestial bodies. The planet was later named Venus after the Roman goddess of beauty and love.
[Space fact 8] Theorists believe that around 98% of all the matter that exists was created with the Big Bang (helium, hydrogen, and lithium). Heavier matter such carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen emerged later.
[Space fact 9] Apophis (named after the Egyptian God of death and darkness) is an asteroid that will pass earth closer than our own satellites orbit on Friday 13th, 2029. It will touch our atmosphere, and we will be able to see it, wiz, overhead. There is a debated chance of it impacting Earth when it returns in 2036.
[Space fact 10] Solar eclipses recur in the same place only once every 360–410 years on average.
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