23 Space Facts So Strange They Sound Invented

A teaspoon of neutron-star matter would weigh around 10 million tonnes — more than Mount Everest.

On Venus a single day lasts longer than its entire year.

The Sun holds about 99.8% of all the mass in our Solar System.

Light from the Sun takes roughly 8 minutes to reach you, so you always see it slightly in the past.

There are more stars in the observable universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.