Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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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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    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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    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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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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