The first asteroid in modern times which is clearly visible from the Earth without the aid of a binoculars or a telescope, is the asteroid 2004- MN4. It has the size of 3 football grounds and is due to make its closest approach to the Earth at 10 p.m. (GMT) on Friday 13th June, 2029.There is a one in 60 chance of colliding with the Earth. If turning vast areas of land in to a desert.
The nearest galaxies to us are the small Magellanic Cloud and the large Magellanic Cloud. These are smaller than our Milky Way, and are only visible to the naked eye in southern skies.
Saturn is the second biggest gas giant. Its planetary rings form one of the most spectacular sights in the solar system. Measuring 2, 70, 000 km from edge to edge, they are made up of millions of whirling blocks of ice. It spins almost as fast as Jupiter does and is colder and windier, with storm winds ten times faster than a hurricane on Earth.
The West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, (Canada) is the largest shopping centre having 800 stores and services, as well as 11 major departmental stores. It has a plinth area of 4, 92, 386 sq. mts. and cost US $ 927 million.
Abell 2029 Cluster is the biggest galaxy, which is 80 times bigger than our Milky Way.
In 1971, the US astronauts, David Scott and James Irwin, were the first people to drive on the Moon. They rode around in a battery powered, four-wheeled Moon Buggy.
On June 2004, 'Spaceship One', helmed by test pilot Mike Melville, became the first privately funded, manned craft to reach space. The venture cost around US $ 30 million, built by an aircraft designer Burt Rutan's company. It was financed by Microsoft's co-founder Paul Alien and got the first ever prize of US $ 10 million known as 'Ansari X-Prize' of the USA government. To get the Ansari X-Prize, the manned, reusable spacecraft must be sent into space, twice within 2 weeks.
During the assembly of an Italian cargo carrier, space shuttle, Leonardo for the ISS, US Astronauts Jim Voss and Susan Helms established a new record of a spacewalk – 8 hours and 56 minutes on 11th March 2001.
Rocket engines burn fuel at an incredible rate. During lift off, the shuttle burns nearly 10 tonnes of fuel per second from its external fuel tank.
The Red planet-Mars has two moons. Both are tiny and very dark, and so they were not discovered until 1877. The largest is called Phobos. It is about 15 miles across and closest to its planet than any other moon. The smaller moon is called Delmos and is only 9.4 miles across.
