Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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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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    The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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    If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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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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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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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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