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Get ready to ride the celestial rollercoaster with these latest Space Facts for Kids<\/strong>! These crazy but true facts about space and universe expand your minds and give you a sneak peak into the unknown.<\/p>

Sure to baffle everyone, these astounding random space facts will not only captivate your kids\u2019 interests but also spark their imagination.<\/p>

Sneak these lesser-known cool facts into your casual conversation to build their interest in space science and enhance their knowledge of the cosmos! We bet your budding astronauts will love them!<\/p>

Space Facts For Kids<\/strong><\/h2>

1. As of April 2024, Gaia-BH3 is the biggest stellar-mass black hole discovered in the Milky Way galaxy with a mass 33 times that of our Sun. Crazy but true!<\/p>

But, Sagittarius A* is a super-massive black hole right at the centre of Milky Way and is 4.2 million times the mass of the Sun. <\/p>

The difference between the above two black holes is that the one is stellar-mass black hole that is formed with the collapse of a bigger star when it runs out of fuel and the other is super-massive black hole that is formed with the merger of progressively larger black holes.<\/p>

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Artist\u2019s impression of the system with the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy. \nSource: ESO\/L. Cal\u00e7ada\/Space Engine (spaceengine.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>

2. Amazing Moon Fact – The Moon is tidally locked with Earth that means it rotates on its axis at exactly the same rate at which it revolves or orbits around Earth. <\/p>

This rotation of Moon is known as synchronous rotation that further implies that we on Earth always see the same side of the Moon. The other side that we never see from Earth is know as Far side of the Moon. Weird but True! <\/p>

3. The Solar System was formed 4.6 billion years ago! On the other hand, the Universe is estimated to be 13.8 billion years old.<\/p>

4. As of August 2024, the farthest object in the solar system is Farfarout.<\/p>

It is a planetoid that is approximately 132 Astronomical Units (AU) away from the Sun. For perspective, 1 Au is nearly 150 million km!<\/p>

5. Nearly 68% to 70% of the universe is made of Dark energy! This mysterious energy is responsible for expanding the universe at an accelerating rate.<\/p>

6. Saturn, with its average density less than that of water, can float in a pool! The only challenge would be a finding a pool big enough to hold it! <\/p>

7. Did you know Earth\u2019s moon is bigger than Pluto?<\/p>

Pluto has a radius of 1,185 km whereas our Moon has a radius of 1,737.5 km.<\/p>

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8. Vanguard 1 is the longest running satellite and has been orbiting Earth since 1958!<\/p>

9. Titan, Saturn\u2019s moon, has oily lakes on its surface\u2026Weird but true!<\/p>

10. International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, making 16 orbits in 24 hours around our planet!<\/p>

It travels at a speed of 28,000 kilo-meters per hour and covers a distance, equivalent to making a trip to the moon and coming back, in 24 hours!<\/p>

11. On Mercury, the Sun appears thrice as big as it appears on Earth! Crazy but true!<\/p>

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12. Space junk orbits the Earth at an astonishing speed of nearly 10 km per second!<\/p>

Space junk is a space debris that is human-made and is left floating freely in space when it has solved its purpose and is no longer required. It could include debris of satellites, missiles, rockets and astronaut things.<\/p>

13. Parker Solar Probe is the fastest space probe ever built! It reached an astounding speed of 400,000 miles per hour, making it the fastest man-made object.<\/p>

14. UY Scuti is the biggest star known to mankind. With a radius of nearly 1700 times that of the Sun, it can engulf the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and possibly Jupiter as well!<\/p>

15. Did you know you would get stretched like spaghetti into a long, thin shape if you got too close to a black hole? <\/p>

This phenomenon is called Spaghettification and was coined by Stephen Hawking in his book \u2018A Brief History of Time\u2019<\/p>

16. Mars is home to the deepest canyons and highest mountains in the Solar System. <\/p>

The highest mountain and volcano in the Solar System is Olympus Mons of Mars with the height of 24 kilometres, which is 2.5 times of the height of the Mt. Everest.<\/p>

Related:<\/strong> Got an astronaut in making? Help her demystify space with our Space e-journal<\/strong><\/a> that packs in hands-on activities, crafts & fun worksheet to make learning hands-on!<\/em><\/p>

17. There were no galaxies, stars or planets for the first 150 million years of the Big Bang!<\/p>

18. India\u2019s Chandrayaan 3 is the first robotic probe to land on the South Pole of the Moon!<\/p>

19. New Horizons spacecraft, launched to explore dwarf planet Pluto, carried an ounce of Clyde Tombaugh\u2019s ashes – the American astronomer who discovered the planet. Crazy but true!<\/p>

20. International Space Station hosts six sleeping quarters, two bathrooms, a gym, and a bay window with a magnificent 360-degree view! <\/p>

21. Space mining or asteroid mining could become a reality in the future with the asteroid belt boosting $700 quintillion worth of minerals! For the sake of simplicity, 1 quintillion = 1 billion billions – crazy but true!<\/p> \n

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