Fun Space Facts

We often think of Saturn as a massive, majestic planet with its famous rings. And it is—the second-largest planet in the solar system, over 760…

It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie: standing atop a giant space rock, riding it across the solar system like a cosmic cowboy.…

We’re used to the rhythm of a 24-hour day. Sunrise, sunset, sleep, repeat. But in the rest of the solar system, a "day"—the time it…

We’ve all seen it in movies: explosions echoing in the vacuum of space, engines roaring, radio crackles in open air. But if you were actually…

Let’s say you land on Pluto. You step out of your spacecraft, take a deep breath… and instantly regret it.Because breathing on Pluto? Not a…