Some space Facts

                                           
Some space Facts

1. The Big Bang theory is related to the creation of the universe from the primordial atom.
2. The word ‘comet’ comes from the Greek word meaning ‘hairy one’.
3. Scientists believe that the greater part of the universe may be made of something called’dark matter’.
4. Cores is the biggest comet discovered  so for.
5. In large stars the heat inside produces iron in the core.
6. Our galaxy,the Milky Way, is shaped a bit like a giant merry-go-round.
7. Gravity is what gives your body weight. You will not weigh as much on the moon as you do on earth. If you weigh 56 kilos in earth, you will only weigh 8 kilos on the moon.
8. Venus shines brightly sometimes in the western sky as the Evening star and at other times in the pre-dawn eastern sky as the Morning star.
9. The year in which Halley’s Comet was first seen is 1759 and the next time it comes near the earth will be 2060.
10. Russian space travelers are known as Cosmonauts and American space travelers as Astronauts.

ArticleBy:Greeshma.C.Anand