Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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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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    There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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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 earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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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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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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