The Universe. Some facts

The mass of the Sun is 99 percent of the total mass of matter in the solar system.



In our universe there is a planet called HD189733b, where rains glass.



The journey of a photon from the nucleus to the surface of the Sun takes 170 thousand Earth years.



And another 8 minutes required to ensure that a photon, up from the surface of the sun, reached our eyes.



The constellation Aquila there is a cloud of gas containing a quantity of alcohol, which would be enough to produce 200 septillionov (10 to the 24th power) liters of beer.



Dung beetles are so primitive-looking establishment, it turns out, can be used to navigate their position in relation to the Milky Way.



At 33 light years from Earth is an extrasolar planet (so-called extrasolar planets), whose surface is completely covered with burning ice.



In the universe every day there is about 275 million new stars.



Mount Olympus, the highest in the Solar System is on Mars. It is 3 times higher than Mount Everest and literally pierces through the Martian atmosphere.



In addition, it has a huge width: if we stood on the edge of its crater, the base of the volcano would have been beyond the horizon.



The Earth's rotation is slowing by about 17 milliseconds every century.



One day on Venus lasts longer than a year, as one revolution around the Sun makes the planet faster than the rotation around its own axis.



Within our galaxy there is a heavenly body, which is a solid diamond, and exceeding the size of the Earth.



The weight of one teaspoon of neutron star is about a billion tons.



In low Earth orbit, there are over 8000 items relating to space debris.



Every year, the Moon is moving away from Earth at 3 and 8 centimeters.



If someone managed to put Saturn in a giant water tank, the planet would have remained floating on the surface. According to the calculations of astronomers density of Saturn is only 0, 687 g / cm, which is less than the density of water.



Source: mixstuff.ru