The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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