The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
673
Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
15
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.
5
A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
127
Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
9
On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
7
There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
124
It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
159