Universe Facts

1. On Venus, a day is longer than a year. Venus takes longer to rotate on its axis than it does to complete one orbit around the Sun. It takes 243 Earth days to rotate once, the longest of any planet in the Solar System, yet only 224.7…
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I've spent the last two years on Earth. data Org's visualization editor delves into environmental reports. Here's a quick rundown of some of the most fascinating climate change facts I've discovered that most people aren't aware of — enjoy…
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Do you want to learn about volcanoes? The following are ten fascinating facts about volcanoes. Some of these facts will be familiar to you, while others may surprise you. Volcanoes, in any case, are incredible natural wonders that need our…
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Tornadoes are among the most destructive forces in nature. These huge, swirling columns of air pack winds that can reach speeds of up to 300 mph, are capable of flattening entire neighborhoods and killing countless lives. The following are…
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1. It's Crooked. The Milky Way is a disc measuring around 120,000 light-years wide with a center bulge measuring about 12,000 light-years in diameter. However, because of our nearby galaxies, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the disc…
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Mercury, a world with a lot of craters and an almost atmosphere-like atmosphere, is close to the Sun. We knew virtually little about the planet until NASA's MESSENGER probe arrived in 2008, and just a small portion of it had been observed!…
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Uranus, the gas (and ice) giant, is a fascinating planet. Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, is the third-largest planet in terms of size, the fourth-largest in terms of mass, and one of our Solar System's least dense objects. It's…
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Saturn is my all-time favorite celestial object. I used to have a dog-eared book about the Solar System that I read over and over again, pausing to marvel at the part about Saturn. How is it possible for a planet to have ice rings? What…
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Gravity is something we rarely think about until we slip on ice or fall down the stairs. Gravity wasn't even a force to many ancient thinkers—it was simply the natural tendency of items to gravitate toward the center of the Earth, whereas…
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Everyone on the planet is aware that air pollution is harmful to one's health. The effects of air pollution on your health and the environment can be disastrous. Here's an intriguing way to look at how air pollution is gradually killing so…
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