On a clear, Moonless night, you can see about 2,500 stars with the naked eye.

Uranus was discovered in 1781 and Neptune in 1846.

the gravity on the Moon’s surface is just 17 per cent that of earth. If you jump 1m (3ft) high on earth, you would be able to jump 6m (19ft) on the moon.

the Moon moves 3 cm (3 in) away from the Earth each year.

the Moon appears to be the same size as the sun from Earth Because, although the sun is 400 times wider than the moon, it is also 400 times further away.

The Great Red Spot visible on the surface of Jupiter is a storm, wider than 2 Earths, that has been observed raging for the past 340 years.

Neptune is the Windiest planet. Gusts there can reach 2,160 km/h (1,340 mph)

At a speed of 95 km/h (60 mph), it would take you 177 years to drive to the sun.

The Sun is Half-way through its life. It has been Burning for 4.6 billion years, and will run out of fuel in 5 billion year’s time!

The Sun contains more then 99 per cent of all the material in the Solar System.

Saturn would Float in a Giant Bath, as it is less dense than water.

Pluto was classified as a Planet from its discovery in 1930 until 2006.

more than 22,500 meteorites that landed on earth have been collected and catalogued

the Same Side of the Moon always faces the Earth. this is because the Moon rotates in the same time as it takes to orbit – 27.3 days.

The Dwarf Planet Ceres is the largest asteroid at 960km (569 miles) across.

The largest Volcano in the Solar System is Olympus Mons on Mars. It is 648km (403 miles) wide and 24km (15 miles) high!

There is No Sound in space, as sound cannot travel through a Vacuum.

The Biggest Stars of all are 500 times larger than the Sun and 100,000 times as bright!!!

The Planets of our Solar System occupy a disc-shaped region extending 4.5 billion km (2.8 billion miles) from the Sun.