Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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