Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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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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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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