14: Drifting Away

Earth is the only planet that has plate tectonics

13: The Biggest Loser

You only weigh about 1/6th of your current weight if you stood on the Moon

12: Don't Get Dizzy

Some pulsars rotate several hundred times per second

11: Hot Enough to Fry An Egg

Venus, not Mercury, has the hottest surface temperature for a planet due to the Greenhouse Effect.

10: Not Your Everyday Black Hole

There is a black hole of million times the mass of the Sun at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

9: Another Horoscope

The constellation Ophiuchus passes trought the ecliptic, making it the "13rd sign" of the zodiac.

8: Cosmic Combat

Antares (think anti-Ares) is known as the rival of Mars because Mars passes by this bright red star, "challenging" the planet as it nears.