Facts About Our Universe, Set 8

 

Facts About Our Universe

FACT 01

The closest galaxy to us is the Andromeda Galaxy – it’s estimated at 2.5 million light-years away.

FACT 02

The first supernova observed outside of our own galaxy was in 1885.

FACT 03

Of the 70% of water covering the Earth, only 3% of it is fresh; the other 97% of it is salted.

FACT 04

Of this 3% more than 2% resides in ice sheets and glaciers, meaning less than 1% is in lakes and rivers.

FACT 05

The Earth tilts at roughly 66 degrees.

FACT 06

Due to the amount of water covering the Earth, it would be one of the brightest planets to look upon from a distance due to the way in which the water would reflect the Sun’s rays.

FACT 07

The distance between the Sun & Earth is defined as an Astronomical Unit.

FACT 08

The second man on the moon was Buzz Aldrin. “Moon” was Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name.

FACT 09

Buzz Aldrin’s birth name was Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.

FACT 10

On Venus, it snows metal and rains sulfuric acid.

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