Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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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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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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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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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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