Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    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 last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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