Earth, Galaxy, Universe

🇨🇳 In China, the Milky Way is known as the “Silver River”. In Japan and Korea “Silver River” means galaxies in general, not just the Milky Way. 😲 #Earth ✨ #Planet ✨ #Galaxy Subscribe🔹 Donate 🔹 Advertise 🧙‍♂️ Now I Know! 👩 Unreal Beauty

☄️ Mercury has no atmosphere, which means there is no wind or weather. Instead of an atmosphere, Mercury possesses a thin exosphere made up of atoms blasted off the surface by the solar wind and striking meteoroids. 😱 #Mercury ✨ #Planet ✨ #SolarSystem Subscribe🔹 Donate 🔹 Advertise 🧙‍♂️ Now I Know! 👩 Unreal Beauty

🤩 Gennady Padalka has spent more time in space than anyone else. He is an RKA cosmonaut and has spent 879 days in space. He has worked on both Mir and the International Space Station. 😱 #Space ✨ #Planet ✨ #Astronaut Subscribe🔹 Donate 🔹 Advertise 🧙‍♂️ Now I Know! 👩 Unreal Beauty

🛰️ “NASA” stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government and was established in 1958. 😳 #NASA ✨ #Planet ✨ #Space Subscribe🔹 Donate 🔹 Advertise 🧙‍♂️ Now I Know! 👩 Unreal Beauty

🗣️ The word “astronaut” means “star sailor” in its origins. It is derived from the Greek words “astron”, meaning “star”, and “nautes”, which means “sailor”. 😳 #Astronaut ✨ #Planet ✨ #Star Subscribe🔹 Donate 🔹 Advertise 🧙‍♂️ Now I Know! 👩 Unreal Beauty

🐶 The first living mammal to go into space was a dog named “Laika” from Russia. Laika was a stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow and was launched into space on the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957. 😳 #Space ✨ #Moon ✨ #SolarSystem Subscribe🔹 Donate 🔹 Advertise 🧙‍♂️ Now I Know! 👩 Unreal Beauty

🌍 The Earth weighs about 81 times more than the Moon. The Moon’s gravity, much like other planets, differs depending on where you are on its surface. 🤔 #Earth ✨ #Moon ✨ #SolarSystem Subscribe🔹 Donate 🔹 Advertise 🧙‍♂️ Now I Know! 👩 Unreal Beauty

😳 Uranus was originally called “George’s Star”. This name was in honor of discoverer William Hershel’s new patron, King George III. The name “Uranus” was proposed in 1782, one year after its discovery, but wasn’t officially used until 1850. 😱 #Uranus ✨ #Planet ✨ #SolarSystem Subscribe🔹 Donate 🔹 Advertise 🧙‍♂️ Now I Know! 👩 Unreal Beauty

Astronauts can’t burp in space. 😂 This is because the lack of gravity in space means the air in astronaut’s stomach doesn’t separate and rise up from ingested food. 😳 #Space ✨ #Planet ✨ #Astronaut Subscribe🔹 Donate 🔹 Advertise 🧙‍♂️ Now I Know! 👩 Unreal Beauty

☄️ Asteroids are the byproducts of formations in the solar system, more than 4 billion years ago. The birth of Jupiter in our solar system prevented any planetary bodies forming between Mars and Jupiter, causing the small objects that were there to collide with each other and fragment into asteroids. 😱 #Asteroid ✨ #Planet ✨ #SolarSystem Subscribe🔹 Donate 🔹 Advertise 🧙‍♂️ Now I Know! 👩 Unreal Beauty