Did you know that the most familiar star is the Sun?

Saturn has over 22 moons, two of the most famous are Pheobe and Titan.

Venus was named after the Roman goddess of love.

Neptune has faint vertical rings around it.

Earth is the only planet we know of that has intelligent life forms.

The largest volcano in the galaxy, Olympus Mons is located on Mars.

Neptune has eight moons.

Pluto is the farthest planet away from the Sun.

Mars is often known as the "Red Planet."

Jupiter has a big red spot on it, which is really a storm.

Uranus orbit's the sun every 84 years!

Percival Lowell, discovered  Pluto in the year 1905.

Russia launched the space craft Sputnik on October 4th, in the year 1957.

The American Neil Armstrong, was the first person on the moon, in the year of 1969.

On January 28, 1986, the rocket named Challenger containing  eight Americans exploded 73 seconds after launching off.