Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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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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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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