Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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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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    If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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