Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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    There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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