Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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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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    Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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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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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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