Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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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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    It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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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 rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    The Mystery of the Black Knight Satellite
    There's a mysterious satellite of unknown origin that's orbiting Earth. Dubbed the Black Knight Satellite, astronomers have been reporting strange radio signals allegedly coming from the satellite since the 1930s - before NASA or the Soviet Union put satellites into space.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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