Planet Venus fact

Did you know that Venus is about 

the same size as Earth and is closer

 to us than any other planet?

Asteroid facts - Ceres -

Ceres image taken by Hubble

Did you know that Ceres, the largest asteroid in our 

solar system, is about 600 miles (965 km) across?

Ceres is also the only dwarf planet in the inner Solar System.

Astronaut fact

Did you know that between 1969 and 1972,

 twelve U.S. astronauts walked on the Moon?

They  brought back 855 pounds of rocks 

and soil for scientist to study.

Earth fact

If the Earth were crushed as much as 

the matter inside a black hole, it would fit

 inside a sphere the size of a pea!

Space fact

Although it is roughly a quarter the size 

of Earth, the Moon is far less massive.

It would take 81 Moons to make up the same weight as Earth!

Telescope fact 2

In 1671, Isaac Newton built the first reflecting telescope.

It used a mirror to collect the light.

Telescope fact 1

The first telescopes were made in the early 1600's.

They were refrecting telescopes 

using lenses to collect light.