Space Facts
The centre of the galaxy tastes like raspberries.
The universe is shaped like a vuvuzela.
The Largest known diamond in the universe is 4000 km (2500 miles) across. It is a white dwarf star called BPM 37093 that is around 50 light years from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus. It has been recorded that the center of white dwarfs crystallize into diamonds.
It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth.
The projection light used for IMAX theaters can be seen from space.
A galactic year is 250 million earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the milky way galaxy.
In only eight minutes, the Space Shuttle can accelerate to a speed of 27,000 kilometers per hour.
There are mirrors on the moon. Astronauts left them so that laser beams could be bounced off of them from Earth. These beams help give us the distance to the moon, give or take a few meters.
The sea of tranquility on the moon is deeper than the highest mountain on earth.
If someone was to fly once around the surface of the moon, it would be equal to a round trip from new york to london.
Carolyn Shoemaker, famous astronomer, has discovered 32 comets and approximately 300 asteroids.
Every day, the hubble telescope transmits enough data to fit 10,000 standard computer disks.
Asteroid 1,227 is called Geranium.