Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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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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    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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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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