Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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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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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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