Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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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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    Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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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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