Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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