Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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