Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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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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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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