Astronomy Facts

Scientists calculated the average color of all light in the observable universe. It's a beige shade officially named "Cosmic Latte." The universe used to be bluer when it was younger—it's slowly getting more red as stars age and die.

The light from the Andromeda galaxy hitting your eye right now left before humans existed. You are seeing 2.5 million years into the past.

A day on Venus is longer than its year. It rotates so slowly that the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east.