Space Facts

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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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    Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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    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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    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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    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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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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