Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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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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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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