Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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    Sun Color
    Sun Color
    The Sun is actually white. Viewed from space or a high altitude, it appears as its true color; white. Whereas viewed from a low altitude, atmospheric rendering makes it appear as yellow.
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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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