A astronomy It is a science that is constantly being updated, as technology continues to advance. For that reason, it may be that some of the things you learned years ago have already been contradicted or, at least, updated. See now some of the main fake news spread about the Solar System:
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See what information has become common sense, but does not correspond to reality:
Mercury
As counterintuitive as it sounds, Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is not the hottest.
The rocky planet rotates around its axis very slowly, so that one day on it is equivalent to 176 days on Earth. Temperatures are extreme: during the day, it reaches 430ºC, but at night it can reach -180ºC.
Venus, although it is a little further from the Sun, reaches even greater marks: the surface exceeds 475ºC!
Venus
Due to the rocky surface and presence of an atmosphere that traps gases and heat, in addition to exhibiting an approximate size and density, Venus and Earth are commonly called "twin planets", but this is not true: these similarities do not make them so similar to the point of being possible for life to exist on Venus. Especially due to carbon dioxide, the largest compound in the atmosphere there, which makes life on the planet impossible.
Earth
No, our planet is not a big blue ball. Living on a planet of spherical proportions, as portrayed in movies and book images, is not a reality; but neither is flat. The Earth exhibits an irregular ellipsoid shape, that is, it is more like an oval than a sphere. In addition, its format was changed periodically due to floods, earthquakes, eruptions and other phenomena.
Uranus
In 1986, the Voyager 2 probe passed close to Uranus and clarified some of the doubts of scientists. Among them, the composition of the atmosphere. It was discovered that it is composed basically of hydrogen, helium and methane. Due to the methane, released in the faeces of the cows, the "fake news" was spread that Uranus smelled like cow flatulence.
A new research was developed and disclosed that the exposure of the gas to the temperatures of -200ºC of the planet makes the odor impossible.
