The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
147
It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
6
The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
4
Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
254
There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
15
MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
18
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.
14
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.
10