Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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    41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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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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    In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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