Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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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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    If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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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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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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