Red Planet Day | November 28
Red Planet Day is celebrated every year on November 28 and honors NASA's Mariner 4 mission, the first successful flyby of Mars.
We spend so much time focused on our lives here on Earth that we often fail to notice the fantastic things far away! Our seemingly limitless universe is filled with genuinely astonishing things that you can learn about right here!
Did you know that our Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light-years wide? Continue reading to learn more about our solar system, the planets inside it, and the rest of the universe!
Red Planet Day is celebrated every year on November 28 and honors NASA's Mariner 4 mission, the first successful flyby of Mars.
The Apollo 17 astronauts could taste the Moon's fine dust. They called it the "Apollo aroma." It smelled like burnt gunpowder.
A blue moon isn't actually that rare. According to NASA, one can typically be seen every two and a half years.
Earth lies within the Goldilocks zone - a region at just the right distance from the Sun for water to exist in its liquid state.
Many Flat Earthers believe that we're kept from falling off the world's edge by a wall of ice.
Did you know that the Pisces star sign is characterized by two fish, each swimming in a different direction?
Despite having the word "aqua" in its name, Aquarius isn't a water sign. Instead, it's actually an air sign.
A goat represents the Capricorn zodiac sign, but it's no ordinary goat. The mythical creature has goat hooves and a fishtail.
Did you know that the centaur holding the bow and arrow in the Sagittarius Zodiac symbol is named Chiron?
Scorpio is named after the constellation Scorpius, which has many bright stars and a sharp curve that resembles a scorpion's tail.
Did you know that the James Webb Space Telescope needs to stay below −370 °F to function correctly?
Did you know that Libra is the only zodiac sign symbolized by an inanimate object?