Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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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 temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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