Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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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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    If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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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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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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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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