Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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