Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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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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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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