Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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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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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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    41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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