A Diamond Planet and other Super Fun Space Facts

Did you know that over 30 companies are developing vehicles for space tourism? One day we might all be booking tickets on Blue Origin, Space X and Virgin Galactic. 

Space is the new black and lots of fun. No, seriously. Listen up to these fun space facts:
Image: stevenepoloCancri 55 e is a girl’s best friendAstronomers found a diamond-encrusted planet! Yes, Cancri  55 e is composed of carbon as graphite and diamond. But intrepid space miners will have to wait a while…the planet is 40 lightyears from Earth.Crazy or Courageous?Austrian Felix Baumgartner jumped from the stratosphere – what a rush. His dive was 39 kms (wow, just wow. I skydived once…from 4,000 feet) and he broke the sound barrier!
A Rover called Curiosity Millions tuned in to watch the car-sized rover, Curiosity make its sensational landing on Mars. Curiosity has 1.2 million followers on Twitter. Popular little guy.
Cleaning spaceThe Swiss (of course) are designing a satellite called CleanSpace One to clean up space junk orbiting earth. It’s a tricky challenge, because much of the space debris travels up to 17,500 miles per hour.
See, space is fun. Now my writer’s brain is busy trying to work out how to incorporate a diamond planet into a story…stay tuned.