Random Space Facts

Fact Page: More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Fact Category: Space Fact

Fact Page: The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Fact Category: Space Fact

Fact Page: The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Fact Category: Space Fact

Fact Page: A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Fact Category: Space Fact

Fact Page: A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Fact Category: Space Fact

Fact Page: The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Fact Category: Space Fact

Fact Page: The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Fact Category: Space Fact

This may sound unbelievable, but it is true. Two pieces of metal without any coating on them will form in to one piece in the vacuum of space. This doesn't happen on earth because the atmosphere puts a layer of oxidized material between the surfaces. This might seem like it would be a big problem on the space station but as most tools used there have come from earth, they are already coated with material. In fact, the only evidence of this seen so far has been in experiments designed to provoke the reaction. This process is called cold welding.

Tags: Space, Metal, Science, Interesting

Fact Page: If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
Date Added: 2011-06-07 15:45:24
Fact Category: Space Fact