Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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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 sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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