Tag: #space

Facts you didn’t know about the Earth.

Hello fellow space lover, today we are continuing the educational journey through the solar system. The last planet we did was Venus (https://curiositykilledthecat.co.za/2021/11/14/interesting-facts-about-venus/), so naturally our next destination is Earth. Days get longer by 1.7 milliseconds every century because the moon is slowing down the Earth’s rotation. The average...

Interesting facts about Venus

Welcome back to our fellow space lovers as we continue to go on an educational journey through the solar system. The last post in this series was Mercury (read: https://curiositykilledthecat.co.za/2021/06/25/interesting-facts-mercury/), so naturally the next is Venus. Venus is the brightest planet in our solar system and the second brightest...

Interesting Facts: Mercury

Dun dun dun-dun (Space Odyssey Theme song), hello fellow space lovers today we will be exploring the planet closest to the sun, Mercury. We hope you find these facts interesting and feel free to share anymore facts that you may know. Mercury is the smallest planet (Sorry Pluto but...

Interesting Facts: Sun

Welcome back fellow Space Lovers, today we come in peace with an offering of some interesting facts about the Sun. We hope you enjoy! The radius of the sun is 696 340 km long. About one million Earths could fit inside the Earth. The Sun is estimated to be...

Interesting Facts: Stars

Welcome back to all the space lovers alike, we have more facts but this time it is about stars. Don’t forget to check out our other post on space facts and Rover facts. ~Stay Curious~...

Interesting Facts: Space Rovers

Due to our first post on space facts (https://curiositykilledthecat.co.za/2020/07/31/space-facts/ ) doing well and how you all seemed to enjoy it as much as we did making it, we bring you more space facts but focused on space rovers. We hope you enjoy! The curiosity rover is 2.1 metres or...

Space Facts~Did you know…

We love space in this household, from stars to planets to galaxies we want to learn more. We thought why not compile a list of facts about space for all the other space lovers alike. Let us know in the comments how many of these facts you knew already....