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5 MIND-BOGGLING FACTS ABOUT SPACE YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT

Space is astonishing. It has trillions upon trillions of objects in many billions of galaxies in the universe. It is almost incomprehensible to the human brain. 
You probably have heard before space is silent because there's no medium in space. Sound can only travel by mediums so that it could be heard. You also have heard that there may be life on Mars or there may be a planet made of diamonds and one day on Venus is like a year on Earth etc.
Following are some fascinating facts about space that you have never heard about:  
 
5. Formation of Aurora 

 
Earth is the third planet from the sun and is 151.85 million km far away. But we can say that Earth lives inside the sun and by inside it doesn't mean we are inhabited by it. The thing is, the atmosphere of the sun stretches far beyond its visible surface, we can't see it. Our planet lies in its atmosphere. Solar winds blow on Earth. The rush of these solar winds forms the spectacular phenomena known as Northern and Southern lights also called Aurora. It is seen in high-latitude regions. 

4. Pluto-Dwarf Planet
 
 
Pluto used to be the ninth planet of our solar system but in 2006 it was stripped from this title and later called a dwarf planet. An amazing fact about Pluto is that its diameter is smaller than the diameter of the United States which is about 2,800 miles but the diameter of Pluto is just 1,473 miles across.
-Volcanoes: Pluto has different kinds of volcanoes than we have on our planet. Well, we have volcanoes spitting lava but the volcanoes on Pluto spit ice. It happens when frozen water expands and high pressure is built in it, and one day the ice explodes, forming a new ice volcano.
-Atmosphere: The atmosphere of Pluto is much higher than the dwarf planets. The atmosphere of Pluto has 20 layers and all of them are super cold and condensed. 


3. Hottest Planet in Our Solar System

 
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system. It is about 30 million miles far away from the sun. Since Mercury is the closest planet to the sun many people assume that it is also the hottest planet in our Solar system but it's not true. Venus comes after Mercury but its temperature is 875 degrees F, which can easily melt lead but if we see the temperature of Mercury, it maximum reaches 800 degrees F.
Another reason why Venus is the hottest is that it has an incredibly thick atmosphere which is 100 times denser than the Earth. Its atmosphere consists of only one gas known as carbon dioxide.  
 
2. Most Extensive Volcano in our Solar System 

     
The most enormous volcano in our Solar system is present on Mars known as Olympus Mons. It is so huge in diameter that its size is compared to the size of Arizona (the state of the US). Its height is almost equal to Mount Everest, which is the highest mountain on our planet. The last eruption that occurred in Olympus Mons was 25 million years ago.
                                                                                                                               
1. The Great Red Spot on Jupiter 
 
 
The Great Red Spot is a high-pressure region in the atmosphere of Jupiter. 
When Jupiter was discovered in 1610, astronomers were confused about the enormous red spot it has on its surface. Recently, astronomers found that this red spot is actually a storm (the largest storm in the Solar system) that had been there for centuries. But scientists noticed that the red spot also called the Great Red Spot started shrinking about 20 years ago. Nowadays it is half the size it used to be. 

  


 

 

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