Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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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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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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