Space Facts

The Milky Way is known as the "Silver River" in China.

Low in mass, Red Dwarf stars will burn continuously for up to 10 trillion years.

Once the scientists assumed that the same side of Mercury was still facing the Sun.

Jupiter 's gravity draws a significant percentage of asteroids in it.

As there is no gravity in space, pens won't work.

On average, it only takes 1.3 seconds for light to travel from the Moon to Earth.

In our night sky, there are 88 known star constellations.

"nucleus "is known as the focal point of a comet.

In 2006, Pluto was reclassified by the International Astronomical Union as a dwarf planet.

In our Solar System, there are 5 Dwarf Planets recognised.