Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
254
The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
118
The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
4
In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
14
The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
147
The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
11
The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
236
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.
9