Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and Children

Our Universe

Venus spins backward. Uranus spins on its side. The winds on Mars blow at 200 miles per hour, but the air is so thin you probably wouldn’t feel it. On Neptune, it might rain tiny diamonds (scientists aren’t sure). Some planets are made mostly of rock. Other planets consist mostly of gas.

Why are the planets so different? And how did Earth become home to around 2 million kinds of living things, including humans?

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