Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    Wow! Signal
    Wow! Signal
    In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.
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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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