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Mars is red because it is rusty

Mars looks red because iron minerals in its dirt oxidize, or rust.

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The ancient Egyptians called the planet Her Desher, meaning the red one. People still call it the Red Planet today.

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Uranus was the first planet found by telescope

Uranus was the first planet found with the aid of a telescope, by William Herschel in 1781.

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Jupiter has rings too

Jupiter has rings, discovered in 1979 by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft.

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Voyager 1 is the farthest spacecraft from Earth

No spacecraft has gone farther than Voyager 1, which crossed into interstellar space in August 2012.

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