Interesting Facts About Space: Fun Facts

We love interesting facts here at On Your Doorstep, so each month we’ll be listing tidbits about a subject we’re interested in, this month we look at the space…

• Space officially begins at the Karman Line, which is only 100km away.

• Even though Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, it’s not actually the hottest planet due to its lack of atmosphere. That title goes to Venus.

• The word astronaut comes from the Greek word ‘astron’, which means star, and ‘nautes’ which means sailor.

• Space is completely silent. Sound waves need a medium to travel through so, as there is no atmosphere, space will always be silent.

• The Sun is so huge that it accounts for a massive 99% of our entire solar system.

• If two pieces of the same type of metal touch in space then they will stick together. This effect is called cold welding.

• According to astronauts, space smells like hot metal, welding fumes and seared steak.

• Currently the biggest known star currently UY Scuti, It’s more than 1,708 times the size of the Sun.

• There are over 300 billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way.

• The earth is actually closest to the Sun during January and farthest during July.