The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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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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