Top 5 fact about space
1. The distance between Earth and the sun is about 93 million miles, also known as one astronomical unit (AU).
2. The largest known star in the universe is UY Scuti, which is around 1,700 times larger than the sun.
3. A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. A day on Venus lasts about 243 Earth days, while a year on Venus is about 225 Earth days.
4. The Milky Way galaxy, which is our home galaxy, is estimated to be about 100,000 light-years in diameter and contains between 100 and 400 billion stars.
5. There is a giant bubble of gas in space that's 10 million times larger than our solar system. It's called the Boötes Void and it's located 700 million light-years away from Earth.
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