Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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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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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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