Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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    There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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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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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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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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