Every year, the Earth becomes about twelve tons heavier because of meteorites landing.

The Earth weighs approx. 5.972 × 10 24 kg or about 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

New Moon - the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth, or shortly thereafter when it appears as ...

If every star in the Milky Way was a grain of salt, they would fill an Olympic sized swimming pool. (Click graphic for larger view - it...

First moon landing July 20, 1969

The moon is moving an inch away from Earth every year. 

There is no firm boundary where space begins. However the Kármán line , at an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) above sea level, is conventionally...

Because it's primarily composed of gas, if you were able to put Saturn in water it would float.

Every year the Earth becomes about 12 tons (24,000 lbs.) heavier because of meteorites landing.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. More fascinating facts about Venus

Astronauts get sick so often in space that their toilets have a special setting for vomit.

From the site : Imagine you are returning to the base ship on the sunlit side of the moon after carrying out a 72-hour exploration trip. ...

Courtesy of Joe's Web Tools An explanation of Lunar Phases Countries in the different hemispheres see the Moon from a completely ...

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I'm looking forward to Oct. 21st and the Orionid Meteor Shower .

On this date in 1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.

Space shuttle Discovery gets prepped for flight—in just under four minutes.

From NASA's Image of the Day Gallery This composite image shows N49, the aftermath of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Clou...

From the NASA website : During its mission, the Galileo spacecraft returned a number of images of Earth's only natural satellite. Galile...