Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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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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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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