Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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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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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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