Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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