Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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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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    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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