NUMBER 12: WE ARE LIVING INSIDE SUN
We live inside the Sun. No, It doesn't mean that we are the inhabitants of the red-hot ball of light approximately 93 million miles away!
The thing is that the Sun's atmosphere stretches far beyond its visible surface.
The gusts of solar wind create the breathtaking phenomenon known as the Northern and Southern lights.
NUMBER 11: JUPITER'S OCEAN
The ocean on Jupiter is more significant than any other on the rest of the Solar System's planets.
But wait! It's not the type of ocean you are thinking about. The moon of Jupiter isn't made of water.
This mesmerizing thing consists of metallic hydrogen, and its depth is a staggering 25,000 miles, which is almost the same as the circumference of the Earth!
NUMBER 10: SUN'S ATMOSPHERE
- The Sun's atmosphere is hotter than the surface of the star. Because the surface temperatures reach 10,000 degrees F, the sun's upper atmosphere heats up to millions of degrees. Scientists say that fierce heat from the sun might have something to do with this unique phenomenon.
NUMBER 9: RINGS OF SOLAR SYSTEM
People came to know about Saturn's beautiful rings in the 1600s. Recently It came to know that Saturn is not the only ringed planet.
All the giant gas planets: Uranus, Neptune, and Jupiter, have rings, but they are thin and almost impossible to see.
As for Mars, Venus, and Earth: there made of rocky materials and have no rings whatsoever.
NUMBER 8: WE ARE NOT ALONE
Our Solar System isn't the only one in the Milky Way Galaxy. Far from it, the galaxy we live in houses about 100 billion solar systems! And if that Is just our galaxy alone, can you imagine how many are in the whole Universe?
NUMBER 7: MARTIAN ORIGIN
At any given moment, here on Earth, you can stumble across a rock that's arrived from Mars. Scientists analyzed the chemical content of some meteorites found in the Sahara Desert, Antarctica, and other places on our planet. After that, they concluded, which was shocking, that they have a Martian origin.
NUMBER 6: HOTTEST PLANET
Since Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, many people assume it's also the hottest.
But it is wrong because venus is the hottest planet. Venus is about 30 million miles further from the Sun than Mercury.
The thing is that Venus has an incredibly thick atmosphere, which is 100 times denser than the one we have on Earth!
On top of that, this atmosphere consists almost entirely of carbon dioxide, also known as a greenhouse gas.
As for the maximum temperature, Mercury reaches only 800 degrees F.
NUMBER 5: MOON OF VOLCANOES
Jupiter's moon, Lo, exists in never-ending chaos due to hundreds of smoking volcanoes on its surface.
This volcano blows smoke upto the lower atmosphere
NUMBER 4: THE BIGGEST VOLCANO ON MARS
The enormous volcano in the whole Solar System (at least, we know of) is on Mars!
The size of this monster is almost as great as the state of Arizona, and its height is as significant as that of Mount Everest!
How did it grow this huge? The answer is simple are there is much less gravity on Mars in comparison with our planet!
NUMBER 3: TONS OF MOONS
Even if you're a tiny celestial body, you can still have a moon of your own.
In 1993, the Galileo probe was traveling past a miniature asteroid that was no more than 20 miles across and discovered that the little thing had a 1-mile-wide moon.
They found that there are tons of moons orbiting minor planets in our Solar System.
NUMBER 2: VALLES MARINERIS
The valley called Valles Marineris on Mars is more than ten times larger than Earth's Grand Canyon.
And it's another thing that puzzles astronomers - after all, Mars isn't a planet with active plate tectonics!
NUMBER 1: GREAT RED SPOT
- On the surface of Jupiter, there is a weird region called the Great Red Spot. Recently, astronomers have concluded that this spot has been a storm raging on the planet for centuries.
But before 20 years, scientists noticed that the red spot was striking. Nowadays, but it is more significant than Earth
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