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Out of this world

A UNIVERSAL Venus is the hottest planet in our
solar system. The surface is
VIEW hot enough to melt lead.

500°C
The elements hydrogen and
helium make up 98 percent
75% HYDROGEN 867°F
of the matter we can see in the (464°C)
Venus
universe.
23% HELIUM The most distant object that 400°C
many people can see using just
their eyes is the Andromeda 333°F
Galaxy, 15 trillion miles (167°C) Mercury
(25 trillion km) away. BLAST OFF!
2% OTHER ELEMENTS 100°C
MOON-GAZING SOLAR SYSTEM

59°F
The maiden name of moonwalking astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s mother was Moon.
As the Moon orbits Earth, a changing amount of the one (15°C) Earth 0°C
face we see is bathed in sunlight. The different shapes are the
Moon’s phases. One cycle of phases lasts 29.5 days. -81°F
(-63°C) Mars MAKING AN
IMPACT
-162°F IMPACT
(-108°C) -100°C
Jupiter
-218°F
(-139°C)
NEW MOON WAXING CRESCENT FIRST QUARTER Saturn
-323°F -200°C
(-197°C)
Uranus
-330°F
(-201°F)
Neptune
WAXING GIBBOUS FULL MOON WANING GIBBOUS

The solar system’s largest
volcano is Olympus Mons About 3,000 meteorites land on Earth every year—most burn up in the atmosphere.
on Mars. It is 380 miles (610 km)
wide. That’s about the same
LAST QUARTER WANING CRESCENT NEW MOON width as Spain.

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