While Earth is the planet everyone is most familiar with, there are currently well over five thousand known planets.

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Ever since ancient times, people have reported spotting strange things in the sky above that did not originate on Earth.

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The birthplace of a star is called a nebula. It is a vast cloud in space composed of hydrogen and cosmic dust, which is the remains of a dead star.

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Mars, also called ‘The Red Planet’ due to the iron oxide dust coating its surface, is one of the most well-known planets in our galaxy.

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Every 29.5 days, the moon completes its lunar phase cycle. This means that in the time frame of less than a month, it wanes to nothing, then waxes to full again.

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Ever since 1988, satellites have been detecting radio signals from outer space, which could be coming from as far away as 15,000 light years.

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Earth is the only known planet capable of sustaining life. It has three oceans, seven continents, fifty seas, one hundred ninety-five countries, fifty-eight million square miles of land, and a population of just over eight billion.

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