Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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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    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 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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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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