Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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    Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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    There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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