A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.

Facts about the galaxy, space, and the universe
A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.

The sun’s total lifetime as a star capable of maintaining a life-bearing Earth is about 11 billion years. Nearly half that time has passed.

If you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all.

photo by: Sujin Jetkasettakorn
41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.

An area of the Sun’s surface the size of a postage stamp shines with the power of 1,500,000 candles.
