Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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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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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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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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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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