Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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