Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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    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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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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