Space Facts

Space Facts

Space is amazing. The sheer vastness of it, along with the trillions upon trillions of objects in the many billion galaxies of the universe is almost incomprehensible to the human brain.

This page is a continuously updated list of the most incredible, awe-inspiring and unbelievable facts about space. Whether it’s for kids looking to learn more about space, or you’re looking for incredible facts for an article, or even if you just love space facts for no real reason, this is for you.

Universe

Universe

Sun

• The Sun is a star that is in the center of the Solar System.
• The Sun is recognized as having the largest mass in our Solar System.
• It has a diameter of about 1,392,684 km, about 109 times that of Earth.
• The sun is the closest star to Earth, at a mean distance from our planet of 149.60 million km.
• Sun fuses 620 million metric tons of hydrogen each second.
• At the core, the temperature is about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit (15 million degrees Celsius).
• In February 1974, Skylab was the first manned spacecraft to study the Sun.
• Solar flares occur when magnetic fields of the Sun come together and cause huge explosions on the Sun’s surface.
• Solar flares produce bursts of electromagnetic radiation, x-rays, ultraviolet radiation, visible light, and radio waves.
  

Word Shortcut Command

Word Shortcut Command

• F1 — Help.
• F2 — Move text or graphics.
• F3 — Insert an AutoText entry.
• F4 — Repeat the last action.
• F5 — Choose the Go To command.
• F6 — Go to the next pane or frame.
• F7 — Choose the Spelling command.
• F8 — Extend a selection.
• F9 — Update selected fields.
• F10 — Activate the menu bar.
• F11 — Go to the next field.
  

Power Point Shortcut Command

Power Point Shortcut Command

• HOME — Move to the beginning of the entry
• END — Move to the end of the entry
• The LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW key — Move one character to the left or right
• SHIFT + HOME — Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the entry
• SHIFT + END — Select from the insertion point to the end of the entry
• SHIFT + LEFT ARROW — Select or unselect one character to the left
• CTRL + SHIFT + LEFT ARROW — Select or unselect one word to the left
• SHIFT + RIGHT ARROW — Select or unselect one character to the right
• CTRL + SHIFT +RIGHT ARROW — Select or unselect one word to the right
• CTRL + LEFT ARROW or CTRL + RIGHT ARROW — Move one word to the left or right

Inventor and Invention 003

Inventor and Invention 003

1.    ‘Bacteria’ was first discovered by

        (A) AV Leeuwenhoek

        (B) Robert Hooke

        (C) Robert Koch

        (D) Louis Pasteur

2.    Who discovered ‘North Pole’?

        (A) Amundson

        (B) Robert Peary

        (C) John Cobot

        (D) Captain Cook