NUMBER 12: SOLAR SYSTEM IS VERY OLD
The Solar System is 4.6 billion years old! So old, it's a Senior Solar System. Scientists came to this conclusion after analyzing the oldest sample, like meteorites.
NUMBER 11: YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO WEAR A HAT ON VENUS
You won't be able to wear a hat on Venus Ever.
Because the air is 50 times faster which can even get the speed within a time.
NUMBER 10: METHANE IN MARS
You've probably heard of methane gas, a byproduct of natural processes, such as volcanic activity and cows?
Anyway, this gas is not only a part of the Martian atmosphere but also the thing that confuses astronomers to no end!
The thing is that the volume of methane on Mars keeps wavering, and scientists can't figure out where it might be coming from! Can there be cows on Mars?
NUMBER 9: PLUTO DIAMETER IS SMALLER THAN US
As you may remember, Pluto used to be a planet but was stripped of this title in 2006. Later they declared it has the draft planet
Gee, make up your mind! But the most unexpected fact about this celestial body is that its diameter is smaller than that of the US!
The most significant distance across the country (from Maine to Northern California) is about 2,800 miles. And for Pluto is 1,473 miles across.
If you laid Pluto right down in the middle of the United States, you would crush the heck out of Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. Bad idea.
NUMBER 8: URANUS ROTATES ON ITS OWN
the Planet Uranus rotates on its side, and astronomers have no idea why the planet has chosen such an unusual position.
NUMBER 7: SUN IS INSANELY MASSIVE
Our Sun is insanely massive! Want some proof? Well, 99.86% of all the mass in the Solar System is the mass of the Sun, In particular, the hydrogen and helium it's made of.
The remaining 0.14% is mostly the mass of the Solar System's eight planets. - Earth can't be the only tectonically active planet in the Solar System.
NUMBER 6: MERCURY IS SHRINKING
Astronomers have spotted some landforms looking like cliffs on Mercury! If it's so, the tectonic activity could explain the rapid shrinking of the planet.
NUMBER 5: ASTEROID BELTS
In most sci-fi movies about space, the main character gets into an asteroid belt and must dodge countless rocks that threaten to damage their spacecraft.
Sorry to disappoint. That is nothing like the real thing. The asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter is the only known asteroid belt.
There are thousands of asteroids in that place, which is so widely where there is the chance of cooperation. Ah, you just ruined it! Sorry.
NUMBER 4: HIDING PLANET
Behind the orbit of Neptune lies the mysterious Kuiper Belt, filled with massive icy objects.
The curious thing about this is that scientists can't tell the pattern of its movement.
The explanation they gave is that Neptune might be hiding a ginormous planet from our sight.
This hypothetical planet is named Planet Nine.
NUMBER 3: PLUTO'S ICE VOLCANO
Volcanoes on Earth are as different from those on Pluto as fire and ice.
The volcanoes earth has spilling lava but, the volcanoes on Pluto spit... ice!
When frozen, water expands, and this enormous pressure builds up until one day - bang! The ice erupts. In the process, a new cryovolcano gets formed.
NUMBER 2: SATURN'S TWO-TONED MOON
One of Saturn's moons, Lapetus, has a unique color - it's two-toned. One of its hemispheres is light, and the other is eerily dark. Scientists haven't figured out this mystery yet.
NUMBER 1: PLUTO'S 20 LAYERED ATMOSPHERE
There is another weird thing about Pluto, or rather, about its atmosphere. First, it rises way higher above the surface of the dwarf planet than, for example, the Earth's atmosphere.
What's more, the atmosphere on Pluto has more than 20 layers, and all of them are super cold and very condensed.
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