Journey to the Edge of the Universe

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JOURNEY PAST THE STARS

Beyond the comforts of our home planet Earth, is a vast and mysterious world. Learn more about our galaxy and the secrets it holds.

Venus, the goddess of love, is the solar system's brightest planet.
Although similar in size and gravity as Earth, Venus' atmosphere is full of deadly sulphuric acid.
Covered with a thin veneer of rock, Mercury is a huge ball or iron and has a powerful gravitational pull for its size.
The strongest magnet known in the universe is a magnetar, a rare type of neutron star. To date, there have only been about ten discoveries of a magnetar.
The sun is so far away that if it burned out we wouldn't know about it for eight minutes.
The red planet, Mars, has no ozone layer and has nothing to protect against the sun's ultra-violet rays. This makes it unlivable for humans.
By dating the meteorites found on Earth, we can tell the planets were born 4.6 billion years ago.
Jupiter is spinning at an incredible rate, whipping up winds to hundreds of miles an hour.
Saturn is a giant ball of gas; so light it would float on water.

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